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October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy: Why Democracies Fail

• Ethan B. Kapstein
• Nathan Converse

Many of today’s developing-world and postcommunist democracies are at risk of reversal. What are the key factors that lead to democratic collapse?

October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4

Kenya: Back from the Brink?

• Michael Chege

After the ethnic violence that marred its 2007 presidential election, Kenya must reform its institutions to better represent its diverse polity.

July 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3

Asia’s Progress

• Satu P. Limaye

A review of Pacific Asia in Quest of Democracy by Roland Rich.

October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4

Mistaken Identity

• Marc F. Plattner

A review of Defending Identity: Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy by Natan Sharansky.

April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Ecuador: Correa’s Plebiscitary Presidency

• Catherine M. Conaghan

Long an extreme case of institutionalized instability, Ecuador now has a dynamic young president who is determined to remake its constitution, and eventually its society, in the name of "twenty-first-century socialism."

April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy

• Yun-han Chu
• Michael Bratton
• Mark Tessler
• Marta Lagos
• Sandeep Shastri

Do young democracies have to "deliver the goods" economically in order to win political legitimacy in their citizens' eyes? Public opinion data from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Arab world suggest some fascinating answers.

January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1

The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Surveying South Asia

• Peter R. deSouza
• Suhas Palshikar
• Yogendra Yadav

While the people of South Asia, especially those with higher levels of education and exposure to the media, prefer democracy to authoritarianism, they are willing to relax some of the requirements of liberal democracy.

April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2

Are New Democracies War-Prone?

• Michael McFaul

A review of Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder

April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2

Assisting Political Parties

• Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

A review of Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies by Thomas Carothers.

January 2007, Volume 18, Issue 1

Books in Review: Is China Stuck?

• Bruce Gilley

A review of China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy by Minxin Pei.

July 2006, Volume 17, Issue 3

The Dark Side of Globalization

• Anders Åslund

A review of Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy, by Moisés Naím.

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Soldiers and Islamists in Pakistan

• Aqil Shah

Read the full essay here. A review of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, by Hussain Haqqani.

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

Iran’s Peculiar Election: A Historical Perspective

• Abbas Milani

The June 2005 presidential ballot marks the culmination of the regime’s effort to dominate even the limited powers of the popularly elected offices.

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

Iran’s Peculiar Election: The Role of Ideology

• Ladan Boroumand

The election results reflect less what voters want than the ideological dynamics that shape the behavior of factions within the regime.

October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4

Minding the Polls

• Jørgen Elklit

A review of Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy by Eric C. Bjornlund.

July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3

International Linkage and Democratization

• Steven Levitsky
• Lucan A. Way

The role of international factors varied greatly across the post-Cold War transitions to democracy, but the intensity and results of external democratizing pressure depended on two variables: linkage to the West and Western leverage.

July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3

The Quintessential Dissident

• Vitali Silitski

A review of The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror by Natan Sharansky

April 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2

Lipset’s Legacy

• Cynthia McClintock

A review of The Democratic Century by Seymour Martin Lipset and Jason M. Lakin.

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

What’s in Store for China

• Merle Goldman

A review of China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead by Bruce Gilley.

October 2004, Volume 15, Issue 4

Debate: Arab, Not Muslim, Exceptionalism

• Alfred Stepan
• Graeme B. Robertson

Muslim-majority, non-Arab countries are “overachievers” at electoral competitiveness. Arab countries, by contrast, constitute a distinctive political community that at present is inhospitable to competitive elections.