January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1
The Deadlock in Iran: Pressures from Below
Despite today’s gridlock, there are grounds for hope in the widespread embrace of democratic ideals by young people.
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January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1
Latin Democracy, Comprehensively
A review of Democracies in Development: Politics and Reform in Latin America by J. Mark Payne et al.
July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3
Debating the Transition Paradigm: Retaining the Human Dimension
Democracy promotion is a cause-oriented mission, but a good deal of hard-headed realism goes into program planning and work.
October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4
Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Russia’s Hybrid Regime
In Russia, formally democratic institutions coexist uneasily with the reality of tightly consolidated bureaucratic and executive power.
July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
Francophone Africa in Flux: Mauritania’s Stalled Democratization
Contrary to the widespread perception that Mauritania has moved toward democracy, this troubled country faces continued ethnic tensions and the prospect of increasing repression.
January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1
Malaysia’s Resilient Pseudodemocracy
While many of the world’s pseudodemocracies have lately made the transition to “unadulterated” democracy, Malaysia and its leader, Mahathir Mohamad, have successfully bucked this trend.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Religion, Democracy, and the “Twin Tolerations”
Are all, or only some, of the world’s religious systems politically compatible with democracy?
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4
Exploring Globalization
Review of The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman.
April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Feudalization of the State
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Roots of the Economic Crisis
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October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
After Twenty Years: The Future of the Third Wave
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July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
The Rise of Election Monitoring: The Observers Observed
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July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
The East Asian Prospect: The Illusion of Exceptionalism
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January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
Reviving Local Government
A review of Local Government in Latin America, by R. Andrew Nickson.
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
Latin America’s Parties
A review of Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America, edited by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully.
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
The Question of Citizenship in the Baltics
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October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
The History of the Word “Democracy” in France
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July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Updates on Japan & Italy: The Birth of the “Second Republic”
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January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Road from Athens
A review of Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993, edited by John Dunn.