July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3 Debating the Transition Paradigm: Retaining the Human Dimension Kenneth Wollack Democracy promotion is a cause-oriented mission, but a good deal of hard-headed realism goes into program planning and work.
July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3 Debating the Transition Paradigm: Tilting at Straw Men Gerald Hyman A leading democracy specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development defends his organization’s approach.
October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4 Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Russia’s Hybrid Regime Lilia Shevtsova In Russia, formally democratic institutions coexist uneasily with the reality of tightly consolidated bureaucratic and executive power.
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2 Revisiting Florida 2000: Lessons from Mexico José Woldenberg Karakowsky Read the full essay here.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4 Religion, Democracy, and the “Twin Tolerations” Alfred Stepan Are all, or only some, of the world’s religious systems politically compatible with democracy?
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1 Mores and Democracy in Latin America Enrique Krauze Read the full essay here.
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1 The Judiciary and the Rule of Law Guillermo O’Donnell Read the full essay here.
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1 Economic Inequality and Democratic Instability Terry Lynn Karl Read the full essay here.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4 Exploring Globalization Marc F. Plattner Review of The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman.
July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3 Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: Fujimori and Post-Party Politics in Peru Steven Levitsky Read the full essay here.
July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3 Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: “People Power” in Paraguay Diego Abente-Brun Read the full essay here.
April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2 What Went Wrong in Russia? The Feudalization of the State Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr Read the full essay here.
April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2 What Went Wrong in Russia? The Roots of the Economic Crisis Andrei Illiarionov Read the full essay here.
April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2 Latin America: Beyond “Democratic Consolidation” David G. Becker Read the full essay here.
January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1 Taiwan Gets it Right Lucian W. Pye 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 Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America Jorge I. Domínguez Read the full essay here.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4 After Twenty Years: The Future of the Third Wave Samuel P. Huntington Read the full essay here.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4 Haiti’s Flagging Transition Jean-Germain Gros Read the full essay here.
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3 The Rise of Election Monitoring: The Observers Observed Thomas Carothers Read the full essay here.
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3 The Rise of Election Monitoring: The Role of Domestic Observers Neil Nevitte Santiago A. Canton Read the full essay here.
