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April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2

Assisting Political Parties

• Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

A review of Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies by Thomas Carothers.

January 2007, Volume 18, Issue 1

Books in Review: Is China Stuck?

• Bruce Gilley

A review of China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy by Minxin Pei.

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

The Emperor Has No Clothes

• Václav Havel

What can be done with regimes that proclaim their devotion to democratic principles but violate them in practice?

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

Minding the Polls

• Jørgen Elklit

A review of Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy by Eric C. Bjornlund.

July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3

The New Iraq: Democratic Institutions and Performance

• Adeed Dawisha

Even after its successful elections, Iraq remains a divided society. Democracy did not create these divisions, but it could be the key to managing them.

April 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2

Lipset’s Legacy

• Cynthia McClintock

A review of The Democratic Century by Seymour Martin Lipset and Jason M. Lakin.

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

The 2004 Freedom House Survey: Worrisome Signs, Modest Shifts

• Arch Puddington
• Aili Piano

Modest progress in the muslim-majority countries is complemented by mass mobilization for democracy and freedom in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia ranks as Not Free for the first time since the fall of communism.

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

Building Democracy After Conflict: The ‘Helsinki Moment’ in Southeastern Europe

• Gerald Knaus
• Marcus Cox

Why has the European Union, which has been so successful in transforming its candidate countries, failed in its efforts to promote democracy and development in Bosnia and Kosovo?

October 2003, Volume 14, Issue 4

Argentina Weathers the Storm

• Steven Levitsky
• María Victoria Murillo

In the wake of its recent crisis, Argentina can move from survival to stability only if it responds to demands for institutional change in a way that strengthens the country’s institutions over the long term.

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

Books in Review: The Post-Soviet Political Mind

• Vladimir Tismaneanu

A review of “Conversations with Gorbachev” by Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynár.

October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4

Financing Politics: A Global View

• Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

Though it is a burning issue in many countries, the question of money and politics is seldom studied on a worldwide scale.

October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4

Flogging a Dead God?

• John Gould

A review of Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism by Joshua Muravchik.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Cape Verde: An African Exception

• Peter Meyns

The small, Portuguese-speaking island republic of Cape Verde offers a suggestive case study of successful democratic consolidation.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

The Post-Soviet Puzzle

• Thomas F. Remington

A review of Russia’s Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin, by Michael McFaul.

April 2002, Volume 13, Issue 2

Elections Without Democracy: The Menu of Manipulation

• Andreas Schedler

Elections, usually taken to be a hallmark of democracy, can also become a tool of authoritarian powerholders seeking to legitimate their rule.

April 2002, Volume 13, Issue 2

Cracks in the Middle Kingdom

• Arthur Waldron

A review of Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing. By Ian Buruma.

October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4

Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Going Backwards

• Grigory Yavlinsky

A leading Russian oppositionist speaks out against continuing official assaults on self-government and human rights.

July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3

Classical Liberalism Catches On in China

• Liu Junning

A specter is haunting China-the specter of classical liberalism.

April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2

Explaining Communism’s Appeal

• Carl Gershman

A review of Francois Furet's last book, The Passing of an Illusion.

January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1

The Problem of Executive Power in Russia

• Lilia Shevtsova

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