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January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1

How People View Democracy: Africans’ Surprising Universalism

• Michael Bratton
• Robert Mattes

Although Africa is a latecomer to democratization, Africans overwhelmingly support democracy, and their conception of democracy is surprisingly liberal.

October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4

Nurturing Nationalism

• Ghia Nodia

A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.

July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3

Classical Liberalism Catches On in China

• Liu Junning

A specter is haunting China-the specter of classical liberalism.

April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2

Explaining Communism’s Appeal

• Carl Gershman

A review of Francois Furet's last book, The Passing of an Illusion.

January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1

The 1999 Freedom House Survey: A Century of Progress

• Adrian Karatnycky

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October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4

Southeast Asia After the Crisis: A Tale of Three Countries

• Donald K. Emmerson

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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1

Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Another Great Transformation

• Richard Rose

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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1

Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Victory Defeated

• G.M. Tamás

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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1

Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Geography and Democratic Destiny

• Laurence Whitehead

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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1

Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Slovakia’s Democratic Awakening

• Martin Bútora
• Zora Bútorová

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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1

Contributing to a Culture of Debate in Morocco

• Halima El-Glaoui
• Alexandre Lamy
• Xerxes Spencer

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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4

Liberalism of Sorts

• João Carlos Espada

A review of After 1989: Morals, Revolution, and Civil Society, by Ralf Dahrendorf.

July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3

India’s Cold-Eyed Introspection

• Satu P. Limaye

A review of Fifty Years of Indian Parliamentary Democracy, 1947-1997, by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3

Chinese Culture and Democracy

• Edward Friedman

A review of China’s Transition, by Andrew Nathan. 

April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2

Guaranteeing Democracy: A Review of the Record

• Morton H. Halperin
• Kristen Lomasney

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April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2

Surveying Postmaterialism

• Alex Inkeles

A review of Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies, by Ronald Inglehart.

October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4

The Clash Within Civilizations

• Carl Gershman

A review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington.

October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4

Islam’s Democratic Essence?

• Ibrahim Karawan

A review of Islam and Democracy, by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll.

July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3

Theory in Pursuit of Practice

• Thomas J. Biersteker

A review of The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman.

April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2

Clarifying Consolidation

• Philippe C. Schmitter

A review of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan.