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October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4

Post-Coup Politics in the Gambia

• Abdoulaye Saine

The Gambia provides a lesson in how authoritarians can hold votes yet rob their people of the power that the ballot box is supposed to give them.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Debating the Transition Paradigm: The Democratic Path

• Ghia Nodia

The notion of countries being on the “path to democracy” remains valid unless and until they come up with a systemic alternative to democracy.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Debating the Transition Paradigm: A Reply to My Critics

• Thomas Carothers

The author of “The End of the Transition Paradigm” responds to each of his critics in turn.

October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4

The OAS in Peru: Room for Improvement

• Cynthia McClintock

Although the OAS helped, sudden public revelations of corruption in Peru were more important. 

January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1

Democracy in the World—Tocqueville Reconsidered

• The Editors

The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy in the World.”

July 2004, Volume 15, Issue 3

World Religions and Democracy: Hinduism and Self-Rule

• Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Creative Hindu responses to modern challenges are a crucial part of the democratic story in India, yet Hindus must guard against those who would politicize Hindu identity.

October 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4

Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017)

A tribute in remembrance of Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017).

Why the German Far Right Is Beginning to Win

For years, they were a fringe vote. Now they are broadening their agenda, tapping into voter frustration, and getting Germans to favor them once again. | Michael Bröning

Iran Erupts

Iranians are protesting their regime. Why it will only get worse for the mullahs. | By Peyman Asadzade

Democratization Theory and the “Arab Spring”

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

China’s Long March to Freedom

• Dali L. Yang

China is gradually changing. In the coming years, the pursuit of individual dignity and human rights will increasingly come to the fore.

April 2019, Volume 30, Issue 2

The Era of Manipulation

• Christopher Walker

A review of The People vs. Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It) by Jamie Bartlett.

October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4

Democratization in the Arab World?: The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak’s Egypt

• Jason Brownlee

Since a tenuous political opening a decade ago, the Mubarak regime has systematically asphyxiated democracy in Egypt.

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.

October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4

Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Putin’s Path

• M. Steven Fish

Although his methods are hardly democratic, Putin’s efforts to strengthen the Russian state may help democracy in the long term.

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.   

January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1

The 1999 Freedom House Survey: A Century of Progress

• Adrian Karatnycky

Read the full essay here.

July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3

Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: The Politics of Second-Generation Reform

• Manuel Pastor
• Carol Wise

Read the full essay here.  

July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3

Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: Cardoso and the Struggle for Reform in Brazil

• Amaury de Souza

Read the full essay here.

July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3

Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: Chavez and the End of “Partyarchy” in Venezuela

• Jennifer McCoy

Read the full essay here.