April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: From Solidarity to Fragmentation
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Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption: Historical Conflict and the Rise of Standards
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Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Reconstituting South Africa
A review of A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society, by Donald L. Horowitz.
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
Shortcuts to Liberty
A review of To Craft Democracies: An Essay on Democratic Transitions, by Giuseppe Di Palma.
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Debate—Presidents vs. Parliaments: The Centrality of Political Culture
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Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Nicaragua’s Choice: The Making of a Free Election
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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.
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
The Crumbling of the Soviet Bloc: Poland and Hungary in Transition
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Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
The Crumbling of the Soviet Bloc: Squaring the Soviet Circle
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Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Managing the Military
A review of Rethinking Military Politics: Brazil and the Southern Cone, by Alfred Stepan.
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
The Crumbling of the Soviet Bloc: Overcoming Totalitarianism
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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.
January 2025, Volume 36, Issue 1
Sri Lanka’s Peaceful Revolution
The 2024 election led to a dramatic changing of the guard, ushering in new political leaders and ousting dynastic elites. Can a new president correct the corruption and misgovernance of the past?