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Los bosques amazónicos de Bolivia se están convirtiendo en tierra arrasada, con millones de acres perdidos cada año a causa de incendios descontrolados. Peor aún, este desastre está siendo provocado por un gobierno más interesado en obtener ganancias corruptas que en proteger a su pueblo y su fauna.
Coups are a direct assault on democracy. And militaries can be pivotal to whether a coup succeeds or fails. The following Journal of Democracy essays examine what makes coups more likely, and how democracies can keep the military brass from seizing power.
Reports on elections in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Tunisia.
Election observers are the first line of defense for democratic rights and freedoms. The essays below highlight the importance of election monitoring, especially in highly polarized, autocratic settings, the dangers that observers face, and the repercussions of rigged contests.
The Atlantic online featured Larry Diamond's January 2012 Journal of Democracy article, "China and East Asian Democracy: The Coming Wave."
February 24, 2012
Jorgen Møller and Svend-Eric Skaaning discuss their latest JoD article, "The Third Wave: Inside the Numbers."
November 20, 2013
Herbert Kickl and his far-right allies have never hidden their contempt for democratic norms, and they are rising in the polls. But those who want to preserve Austria’s democracy may have one last chance.
The CCP is engaged in a sprawling campaign to undermine democracy. Governments too often can be lumbering or weak in response. Look to civil society for the creativity and skill to keep the CCP on its heels.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants the public to see his efforts to overhaul the Israeli judiciary as a “reform.” But people have seen it for what it is: a struggle over the very future of democracy itself.
The Turkish president came to power as an antiestablishment everyman. Twenty years later he is an authoritarian leader clinging to power. Will the forces that catapulted him to power be his demise?
ForeignPolicy.com's Democracy Lab includes Abdou Filali-Ansary's essay "The Languages of the Arab Revolutions" among its recommended reads for the week.
April 24, 2012
The recent AP article "Moroccan Royal Dominance: Is It Out of Step?" cites the January 2012 JoD essay "Morocco: Outfoxing the Opposition."
September 11, 2012
The Wall Street Journal published a short version of Perry Link and Xiao Qiang's forthcoming JoD essay "China at the Tipping Point? From 'Fart People' to Citizens."
January 7, 2013
The Economist cited Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr., and Alexi Gugushvili’s Journal of Democracy article on Georgia’s 2012 parliamentary elections.
January 23, 2013
Foreign Policy's Middle East Channel lists the Oct. 2013 JoD essay "Tracking the Arab Spring: Why the Modest Harvest?" as one of 2013's top 5 academic journal articles.
January 17, 2014
The Washington Post’s Dan Balz surveys Persily’s analysis, published in the April 2017 Journal of Democracy, of how groundbreaking shifts in the sphere of online media and communications are affecting the political environment.
April 25, 2017
For the first time, JoD content is available on iTunes. Browse our listing of articles currently ready for download, and keep an eye out for additional content to follow soon.
July 17, 2018
Drawing on his October-issue contribution “Latin America’s Shifting Politics: The Lessons of Bolivia,” Jean-Paul Faguet explains why the collapse of Bolivia’s party system may offer “an analytical window into the future” for Western countries.
January 15, 2019
“To understand why liberal democracy is on the defensive,” writes William A. Galston, “there is no better place to start than the 30th-anniversary edition of the Journal of Democracy.” Read more in Galston’s full article on “Liberal Democracy’s Threats From Within.”
In an interview with The Signal and a Foreign Policy piece based on his April article in the Journal, Christian Welzel argues that the global shift toward democratic values runs deeper than today’s autocratic upswell.
