October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4 Defying the Odds H. Kwasi Prempeh A review of Building the Rule of Law: Francis Nyalali and the Road to Judicial Independence in Africa By Jennifer A. Widner.
July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3 Japan’s Political Transition Steven K. Vogel In The Logic of Japanese Politics, Gerald Curtis portrays the political history of Japan in the 1990s in its full complexity.
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2 Surveying Postmaterialism Alex Inkeles A review of Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies, by Ronald Inglehart.
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3 Theory in Pursuit of Practice Thomas J. Biersteker A review of The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman.
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1 Reviving Local Government Eliza J. Willis A review of Local Government in Latin America, by R. Andrew Nickson.
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4 Latin America’s Parties Jonathan Hartlyn A review of Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America, edited by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully.
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3 Grappling with Legitimacy Andrew MacIntyre A review of Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority, edited by Muthiah Alagappa.
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2 “Civil” and Other Societies Peter M. Lewis A review of Civil Society and the State in Africa, edited by John W. Harbeson, Donald Rothchild, and Naomi Chazan.
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3 Reconstituting South Africa Frederik van Zyl Slabbert A review of A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society, by Donald L. Horowitz.
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1 Democracy’s Triumph, Philosophy’s Peril G.M. Tamás Read the full essay here.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4 Federalism and Democracy: Beyond the U.S. Model Alfred Stepan Read the full essay here.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4 Debating Democracy Assistance: Toward a New Paradigm Marina Ottaway Theresa Chung Read the full essay here.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4 Debating Democracy Assistance: A Tune-Up, Not an Overhaul Elizabeth Spiro Clark Read the full essay here.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4 Debating Democracy Assistance: The Cost of Doing Nothing E. Gyimah-Boadi Read the full essay here.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4 Debating Democracy Assistance: Sometimes Less Is More Irena Lasota Read the full essay here.
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3 Mongolia: A Democracy Without Prerequisites M. Steven Fish Read the full essay here.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4 The Media and Democracy: A Dialogue Adam Michnik Jay Rosen Read the full essay here.
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4 Venezuela: Democracy Hangs On Aníbal Romero Read the full essay here.
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4 Kant, Democracy, and History Kurt Taylor Gaubatz Read the full essay here.
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2 Democracy for the Long Haul Samuel P. Huntington Read the full essay here.