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April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Ecuador: Correa’s Plebiscitary Presidency

Catherine M. Conaghan

Long an extreme case of institutionalized instability, Ecuador now has a dynamic young president who is determined to remake its constitution, and eventually its society, in the name of "twenty-first-century socialism."

April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy

Do young democracies have to "deliver the goods" economically in order to win political legitimacy in their citizens' eyes? Public opinion data from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Arab world suggest some fascinating answers.

January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1

The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Surveying South Asia

While the people of South Asia, especially those with higher levels of education and exposure to the media, prefer democracy to authoritarianism, they are willing to relax some of the requirements of liberal democracy.

April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2

Are New Democracies War-Prone?

Michael McFaul

A review of Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder

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.

July 2006, Volume 17, Issue 3

The Dark Side of Globalization

Anders Åslund

A review of Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy, by Moisés Naím.

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Soldiers and Islamists in Pakistan

Aqil Shah

Read the full essay here. A review of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, by Hussain Haqqani.

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

Iran’s Peculiar Election: A Historical Perspective

Abbas Milani

The June 2005 presidential ballot marks the culmination of the regime’s effort to dominate even the limited powers of the popularly elected offices.

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

Iran’s Peculiar Election: The Role of Ideology

Ladan Boroumand

The election results reflect less what voters want than the ideological dynamics that shape the behavior of factions within the regime.

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

International Linkage and Democratization

The role of international factors varied greatly across the post-Cold War transitions to democracy, but the intensity and results of external democratizing pressure depended on two variables: linkage to the West and Western leverage.

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

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

What’s in Store for China

Merle Goldman

A review of China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead by Bruce Gilley.

October 2004, Volume 15, Issue 4

Debate: Arab, Not Muslim, Exceptionalism

Muslim-majority, non-Arab countries are “overachievers” at electoral competitiveness. Arab countries, by contrast, constitute a distinctive political community that at present is inhospitable to competitive elections.

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

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.

January 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1

Europe Moves Eastward: Beyond the New Borders

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

By expanding itself eastward, the EU has not so much settled the questions surrounding the “borders” of Europe as it has displaced them, changing their focus to take in new areas and new issues.

October 2003, Volume 14, Issue 4

Argentina Weathers the Storm

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.