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The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies

• Marc F. Plattner
• Larry Diamond
• Andreas Schedler

"[This] elegantly written and rigorously structured volume … constitutes an important landmark in the comparative study of democratization."—Carlos Santiso, Forum for Development Studies

Democracy in Decline?

• Marc F. Plattner
• Larry Diamond

For almost a decade, Freedom House’s annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. Some analysts say this shows that the world has entered a "democratic recession." Others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing democracy’s success in maintaining the huge gains it made during the last quarter of the twentieth century.

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Will China Democratize?

• Marc F. Plattner
• Larry Diamond
• Andrew J. Nathan

Although China has achieved extraordinary economic success without the CCP regime loosening its authoritarian grip, can the country continue its growth without political reform?

The Spirit of Aung San Suu Kyi

Table-Venezuela’s Petro-Aid: Subsidized Oil Shipments Within Latin America

Controlling Corruption Through Collective Action

Emerging Market Democracies: East Asia and Latin America

• Laurence Whitehead

"Emerging Market Democracies provides useful insights into topics that connect market economies to various nations' politics, especially efforts at democratization, and compares and contrasts two important regions of the world in their quests for modernization."—John F. Copper, Asian Affairs

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Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy

• Marc F. Plattner
• Larry Diamond

"Presents thought-provoking notions of the ways in which we view both nationalism and democracy and provides some valuable ideas for working toward a more stable world."—Journal of International Affairs

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Do New Democracies Support Democracy? Reluctant India

There Will Be No Islamist Revolution

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Arab Democracy or Islamist Revolution?

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The Transformation of the Arab World

The Opening in Burma: Strengthening Civil Society