July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
The Western Allies 50 Years Later: Britain—Stirrings of Change
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2377 Results
democracy vs authoritarian
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
The Western Allies 50 Years Later: France—Consensus Without Vision
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April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
Transcending the Clash of Cultures: Freedom, Development, and Human Worth
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July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Updates on Japan & Italy: Rock of Sisyphus or Road to Reform?
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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 Axis Powers 50 Years Later: Japan’s New Politics
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January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Axis Powers 50 Years Later: Italy—The Twilight of the Parties
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October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: Canada—From Bilingualism to Multiculturalism
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January 1993, Volume 4, Issue 1
Choosing an Electoral System: Israel Debates Reform
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Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption: Historical Conflict and the Rise of Standards
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Spring 1990, Volume 1, Issue 2
Stabilizing Latin Democracy
A review of Democracy in the Americas: Stopping the Pendulum, edited by Robert A. Pastor.
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
The March of Equality
For Tocqueville, democracy’s inevitability is not merely providential. Economic growth, property rights, technology, conflict, and enlightenment all push the march toward democracy. Such a powerful idea cannot be bound to a single religious community.
October 2024, Volume 35, Issue 4
Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration
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?
July 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3
The Real Causes of the Color Revolutions
The “color revolutions” in the postcommunist countries cannot be attributed to diffusion alone. Structural factors offer a better explanation of why such revolutions have succeeded in some countries and not in others.
January 2021, Volume 32, Issue 1
Sri Lanka: The Return to Ethnocracy
The return to power, via elections, of the Rajapaksa family signals the consolidation of a Sinhalese Buddhist ethnocracy. But there are reasons to hope it will not take a turn toward full despotism.