October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Global trends toward economic and political liberalization are presenting East Asian and Latin American democracies with increasingly convergent international opportunities and constraints.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Such a comparison clearly shows a higher prevalence of democracy in Latin America and a better economic performance in East Asia. The two regions are likely to converge on both dimensions, but the gaps will remain.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Despite the persistent doomsaying about the political consequences of untrammeled international capital flows, financial liberalization may actually contribute to democratic consolidation.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.
July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3
The experience of “bandit capitalism” or “tyrant capitalism” in postcommunist societies shows that markets cannot work properly without a community of trust and mutual respect. Such a community can be achieved only where there is a rule of law, applied by able and independent judges.
July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3
Pakistan’s descent into authoritarian rule starkly depicts the “triple crisis of governance” that threatens many third-wave democracies. If these problems of governance are not addressed, a new “reverse wave” of democratization could be imminent.
April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2
A country's political regime, regardless of its level of development, affects its social performance. Fewer children die in democracies than in dictatorships.
April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2
A review of Francois Furet's last book, The Passing of an Illusion.
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy in the World.”
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
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January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3
January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
A review of After 1989: Morals, Revolution, and Civil Society, by Ralf Dahrendorf.
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
A review of Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies, by Ronald Inglehart.
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
A review of Democracy’s Victory and Crisis, edited by Axel Hadenius.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
A review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
A review of Islam and Democracy, by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll.
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
A review of The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman.
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
A review of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan.
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
A review of Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age, by John Gray and An Intellectual History of Liberalism, by Pierre Manet.
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
Democracy’s global advance is facing headwinds, but there are still opportunities for progress in pseudodemocratic and authoritarian states.
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
A review of Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry into Structures, Incentives and Outcomes, by Giovanni Sartori.
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
A review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama.
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
A review of Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals, by Ernest Gellner.
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “Economic Reform and Democracy.”
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to the Journal of Democracy’s special issue on “Economic Reform and Democracy.”
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “Rethinking Civil Society.”
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
What makes civil society best able to help democracy emerge and endure?
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
A review of The Idea of Civil Society, by Adam B. Seligman and Civil Society and Political Theory, by Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato.
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
A review of Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993, edited by John Dunn.
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
A review of The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State, by Mark Juergensmeyer.
