January 1996

On Modern Individualism

• Pierre Manent
• Philip J. Costopoulos

What Makes Democracies Endure?

• Michael Alvarez
• José Antonio Cheibub
• Fernando Limongi
• Adam Przeworski

Estonia’s Success Story

• Mart Laar

Thailand: Toward Democratic Stability

• Jim LoGerfo
• Daniel King

Nation Building in the Former USSR

• Pål Kolstø

The Question of Citizenship in the Baltics

• Lise A. Truex

Cambodia’s Fading Hopes

• Julio A. Jeldres

Combatting Corruption Around the World

• Peter Eigen

What Are Parties For?

• Seymour Martin Lipset

A review of Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America, by John H. Aldrich.

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: the statement of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a critic of the Nigerian government, shortly before his execution; interview with Cambodian prince Norodom Sihanouk; petition by 15 dissidents to China’s legislature demanding freedom for political prisoners; Pope John Paul II’s address for the UN’s fiftieth anniversary.

News and Notes

Dilemmas of Nigerian Democracy Discussed; Briefing Focuses on Transitional Justice; Democracy in the Arab World Examined; Assessing the Communist Legacy; Report on NED’s International Forum.

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey.