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Democracy in East Asia
"Asian and non-Asian authors debate the desirability of democracy in East Asia… The two editors… do an excellent job introducing the issues, ideas, and approaches of the fifteen authors."—Foreign Affairs
July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3
Globalization and Self-Government
Until now, globalization and democratization have been mutually reinforcing, but in the future globalization may pose serious challenges for democracy.
October 2013, Volume 24, Issue 4
Reflections on “Governance”
“Governance,” once merely a synonym for government, has taken on new meanings that tend to downplay the importance of the political. But can “good governance” be achieved today without the protections of liberal democracy?
October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4
Mistaken Identity
A review of Defending Identity: Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy by Natan Sharansky.
April 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2
The History of a Word
A review of Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy, by John Dunn
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4
Exploring Globalization
Review of The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman.
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
Uses of “Civil Society”
A review of Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals, by Ernest Gellner.
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Exploring the End of History
A review of The End of History and the Last Man, by Francis Fukuyama.
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
The First Democracy
A review of Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, by Donald Kagan.
January 2014, Volume 25, Issue 1
Reconsidering the “Transition Paradigm”
Four leading experts on democracy discuss the relevance of the “transition paradigm” in light of the “Arab Spring” and other developments in the world today.
January 2002, Volume 13, Issue 1
The Weakness of Postcommunist Civil Society
Recent studies suggest that civil society in the postcommunist countries is significantly weaker than in other types of democracies, old or new. Can this legacy of communism be overcome? If not, what are the implications for democracy?
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
Two Views of Liberalism
A review of Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age, by John Gray and An Intellectual History of Liberalism, by Pierre Manet.
Interview with Marc Plattner
Journal coeditor Marc F. Plattner discusses how the latest JoD book explains the major events of the Arab Spring.
April 21, 2014
July 2018, Volume 29, Issue 3
Explaining Eastern Europe: Orbán’s Laboratory of Illiberalism
Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party has used its two-thirds majority in parliament to change the constitution, erase checks and balances, and make the electoral system even more majoritarian.
October 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4
The Authoritarian Challenge
A review of Victorious and Vulnerable: Why Democracy Won in the 20th Century and How It Is Still Imperiled by Azar Gat.
July 2021, Volume 32, Issue 3
The Future of Platform Power: Fixing the Business Model
To stop surveillance capitalism, take aim at the targeted advertising that fuels it.
The Global Divergence of Democracies
Drawn from outstanding articles published in the Journal of Democracy, The Global Divergence of Democracies follows the enthusiastically received earlier volume, The Global Resurgence of Democracy.
January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1
Democracy Embattled
Despite being in a “slump,” democracy shows vivid signs of its persisting appeal.