April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2
Explaining Communism’s Appeal
A review of Francois Furet's last book, The Passing of an Illusion.
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Taiwan Gets it Right
Review of The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China on Taiwan, by Linda Chao and Ramon H. Myers.
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Liberalism of Sorts
A review of After 1989: Morals, Revolution, and Civil Society, by Ralf Dahrendorf.
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
India’s Cold-Eyed Introspection
A review of Fifty Years of Indian Parliamentary Democracy, 1947-1997, by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
The Rise of Election Monitoring: The Role of Domestic Observers
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April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
Clarifying Consolidation
A review of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan.
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
Opening the Economic Mind
A review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama.
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
Is the Middle East Different?
A review of Democracy Without Democrats? The Renewal of Politics in the Muslim World, edited by Ghassan Salamé.
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
What Are Parties For?
A review of Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America, by John H. Aldrich.
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
Parliaments Over Presidents
A review of The Failure of Presidential Democracy, edited by Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela.
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
The Key Role of the Working Class
A review of Capitalist Development and Democracy, by Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Huber Stephens, and John D. Stephens.
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenges of Ethnic Conflict: The Travails of Federalism in Nigeria
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October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: India—The Dilemmas of Diversity
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October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: The Fate of Minorities in Eastern Europe
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October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: The Cruel Face of Nationalism
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July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
The Editors’ introduction to the Journal of Democracy‘s special issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter.
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: The Battle of the Trade Unions
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January 1992, Volume 3, Issue 1
The Surging Tide of Democracy
A review of The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, by Samuel P. Huntington