January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Region: Multiregional
January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
The Decline of Illiberal Democracy
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Promoting Democracy, Peace, and Solidarity
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
Guaranteeing Democracy: A Review of the Record
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
Self-Coups: Peru, Guatemala, and Russia
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
Armed Forces and Democracy: Reforming Civil-Military Relations
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
Comparing East and South
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
Economic Reform and Democracy: The Politics of Safety Nets
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
Parliaments Over Presidents
A review of The Failure of Presidential Democracy, edited by Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela.
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
Democracy’s Future
The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy’s Future.”
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
Democracy’s Future: The Primacy of Culture
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
Fighting for Press Freedom
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
Linkages Between Politics and Economics
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
The Key Role of the Working Class
A review of Capitalist Development and Democracy, by Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Huber Stephens, and John D. Stephens.
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict
The Editors’ introduction to “The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict.”
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
International Organizations & Democracy: The United Nations and the New World Order
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
The Measure of Freedom
A review of Freedom House’s Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties, 1992-1993.
October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
Comments on Nationalism and Democracy
January 1992, Volume 3, Issue 1
The Surging Tide of Democracy
A review of The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, by Samuel P. Huntington
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
The Unfinished Revolution
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
After Leninism: The New World Disorder
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Why the “Journal of Democracy”
The Journal of Democracy seeks to bridge some of these gaps. We hope that it will help to unify what is becoming a worldwide democratic movement. But like genuine democracy itself, the journal will be pluralistic. Its pages will be open to a wide variety of perspectives and shades of opinion, and it will seek…
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Uncertainties of a Democratic Age
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
The Perils of Presidentialism
Documents on Democracy
Excerpts from the inaugural address of newly elected Argentine president Mauricio Macri. Excerpts from comments to the media made by the DPP's Tsai Ing-wen upon learning she had won Taiwan's presidential election. Excerpts from a communiqué produced at a February conference of governance experts and former Latin American heads of state, organized by Forum 2000 and the Arias Foundation.
Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy
In recent years, as leading authoritarian countries such as China, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela have become emboldened within the global arena, challenging the liberal international political order, the advanced democracies have retreated rather than responding to this threat.
Liberation Technology
"Liberation technology" can help mobilize citizen protest and oust autocracies. Authoritarians can also use technology to stifle protest and target dissenters. Who will win the technological race between "netizens" demanding freedom and authoritarians determined to stay in power?