strategies in selecting and organizing information

October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4

Nationalism and Democracy

• Ghia Nodia

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April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2

Problems of Postcommunism: Civil Society Then and Now

• Bronislaw Geremek

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Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3

Mexico: Salinas and the PRI at the Crossroads

• Wayne A. Cornelius

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October 2021, Volume 32, Issue 4

The Anatomy of Democratic Backsliding

• Stephan Haggard
• Robert Kaufman

Can we recognize the symptoms of backsliding before it’s too late? Though the signals are sometimes faint, a new study of sixteen cases around the world reveals key dynamics common to all.

July 2011, Volume 22, Issue 3

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy: Dealing with Inequality

• Francis Fukuyama

Many new democracies have faltered due to high levels of inequality and a deep polarization between the rich and poor. What is the relationship between modern liberal democracy and socioeconomic inequality?

The War in Ukraine

What Putin Fears Most Russia’s autocrat doesn’t worry about NATO. He’s terrified of a flourishing Ukrainian democracy. By Robert Person and Michael McFaul Vladimir Putin launched the largest military invasion in Europe since World War II last week. What led Russia’s autocrat to unjustly attack neighboring Ukraine? “Just as Putin cannot allow the will of…

April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2

The Challenge of Closely Fought Elections

• Laurence Whitehead

Closely fought elections are often fraught with conflict, splitting societies asunder. How can democracy survive such rough and close contests?

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

Democracy Contra Politics

• Clifford Orwin

A review of A World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation-State by Pierre Manent.

April 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2

The History of a Word

• Marc F. Plattner

A review of Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy, by John Dunn

April 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2

Ousting the “Final 45”

• Thomas O. Melia

A review of Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025 by Mark Palmer.

January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1

The Deadlock in Iran: Pressures from Below

• Ramin Jahanbegloo

Despite today’s gridlock, there are grounds for hope in the widespread embrace of democratic ideals by young people.

October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4

Post-Coup Politics in the Gambia

• Abdoulaye Saine

The Gambia provides a lesson in how authoritarians can hold votes yet rob their people of the power that the ballot box is supposed to give them.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

The Post-Soviet Puzzle

• Thomas F. Remington

A review of Russia’s Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin, by Michael McFaul.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Thinking Big

• Laurence Whitehead

A review of Arguing Comparative Politics by Alfred Stepan.

July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3

Francophone Africa in Flux

• The Editors

The Editors’ introduction to “Francophone Africa in Flux.”

October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4

Nurturing Nationalism

• Ghia Nodia

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

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

Democracy in the World—Tocqueville Reconsidered

• The Editors

The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy in the World.”

January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1

The 1999 Freedom House Survey: A Century of Progress

• Adrian Karatnycky

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July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3

Korea After the Crash

• Jongryn Mo
• Chung-in Moon

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