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October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

The Caribbean: Democracy Adrift?

From hurricanes to ethnic and political tensions, the past decade has not been easy for the countries of the Caribbean Community. What does the future hold for these small democracies?

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.

July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3

The Quintessential Dissident

Vitali Silitski

A review of The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror by Natan Sharansky

October 2004, Volume 15, Issue 4

Stolen Elections: The Case of the Serbian October

Slobodan Milošević fell in the fall of 2000 after he tried to pervert national election results. He had tampered with elections before and survived. What made 2000 different, and what are the lessons to be learned from it?

July 2004, Volume 15, Issue 3

What Makes Democracies Collapse?

Frances Hagopian

A review of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy by Nancy Bermeo.

April 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2

Christianity and Democracy: The Pioneering Protestants

Historical and other evidence from around the world suggests that Protestantism has helped to create a web of mediating factors—from higher literacy to lower corruption to active civic groups—that encourage self-government.

April 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2

Ousting the “Final 45”

Thomas O. Melia

A review of Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025 by Mark Palmer.

July 2003, Volume 14, Issue 3

Measuring Democratic Commitment

Thomas O. Melia

A review of Defending Democracy: A Global Survey of Foriegn Policy Trends 1992–2002, edited by Robert G. Herman and Theodore J. Piccone.

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

Latin America’s Lost Illusions: The Future of Structural Reform

As Latin America suffers from its worst economic crisis in decades, the reform of political institutions remains the region’s best hope.

January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1

China’s Changing of the Guard: The Rise of the Technocrats

Gongqin Xiao

With both reformists and leftists pushed aside, political center-stage now belongs to new pragmatists both inside and outside the Communist Party.

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

Debating the Transition Paradigm: In Partial Defense of an Evanescent “Paradigm”

Guillermo O’Donnell

The coauthor of the seminal work on democratic transitions sets the record straight on what the scholarly literature actually says.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

The Balkans: Democracy Without Choices

Ivan Krastev

The gravest challenges facing democracy in the Balkans are problems not of ethnicity or postcommunism, but of citizen disaffection and disillusionment.

July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3