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April 2024, Volume 35, Issue 2

East-Central Europe: The Young and the Far-Right

• Laura Jakli

Far-right parties in Europe’s newer democracies have been working hard to appeal to younger citizens, and for good reason: Young people’s shifting values make them a ripe target for the far right.

October 2024, Volume 35, Issue 4

Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration

• Rafaela Dancygier

Immigration threatens to erode liberalism, as far-right parties and migrant communities with illiberal views gain power. Mass publics have shouldered the blame. But should political elites be held responsible?

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 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3

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

• Amaury de Souza

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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1

The Post-Cold War World: Can Colombia Cope?

• Gary Hoskin
• Gabriel Murillo

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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4

The New Military Autonomy in Latin America

• Consuelo Cruz
• Rut Diamint

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July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3

Democracy in the Americas

• Patricio Aylwin Azócar

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January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1

Paraguay: The Coup That Didn’t Happen

• Arturo Valenzuela

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October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4

Thwarting the Guatemalan Coup

• Francisco Villagrám de León

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July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3

International Organizations & Democracy: The OAS and Democratic Governance

• Heraldo Muñoz

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July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3

International Organizations & Democracy: The OAS—Putting Principles into Practice

• Peter Hakim

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April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2

Democracy in the Commonwealth Carribean

• Clifford E. Griffin

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January 1993, Volume 4, Issue 1

Confronting the Past: “Never Again” in Argentina

• Raúl Alfonsín

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Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4

Paraguay After Stroessner: Democratizing the One-Party State

• Charles G. Gillespie

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Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4

The Dominican Republic’s Disputed Elections

• Jonathan Hartlyn

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Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3

Nicaragua’s Choice: Reclaiming the Revolution

• Pablo Antonio Cuadra

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Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1

The Argentine Paradox

• Carlos H. Waisman

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January 1992, Volume 3, Issue 1

Burma’s Quest for Democracy: An Introduction

• Garry Woodward

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Has Liberalism Failed?

• Thomas F. Remington

Our rising levels of inequality have put its ideals in crisis. These are the simple principles that can help bring it back from the edge.

January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1

The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Attitudes in the Arab World

• Amaney Jamal
• Mark Tessler

Findings from the Arab Barometer say little about whether there are likely to be transitions to democracy in the Arab world in the years ahead, but they do offer evidence that citizens' attitudes and values are not the reason that authoritarianism has persisted.