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Nobel Peace Prize honors Iran’s “Women, Life, Freedom” activists

The Journal of Democracy has covered the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement since the protests first erupted. Following is a selection of essays on the protests in Iran and the key role women play in securing democracy and freedom across the globe.

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Tracking the “Arab Spring”: Egypt’s Failed Transition

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Why TikTok Is a Threat to Democracy

• Aynne Kokas

The popular Chinese-owned app is enabling Beijing to collect data on people nearly everywhere. Not only can such platforms track people’s preferences and whereabouts, but they give the Chinese government control over a powerful tool for shaping people’s worldview.

Emerging Market Democracies: East Asia and Latin America

• Laurence Whitehead

"Emerging Market Democracies provides useful insights into topics that connect market economies to various nations' politics, especially efforts at democratization, and compares and contrasts two important regions of the world in their quests for modernization."—John F. Copper, Asian Affairs

The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies

• Marc F. Plattner
• Larry Diamond
• Andreas Schedler

"[This] elegantly written and rigorously structured volume … constitutes an important landmark in the comparative study of democratization."—Carlos Santiso, Forum for Development Studies

Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy

• Marc F. Plattner
• Larry Diamond
• Diego Abente-Brun

"This valuable collection is essential for all."—Choice

Democratization Theory and the “Arab Spring”

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Comparing the Arab Revolts: The Lessons of 1989

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Foreign Policy blog cites new JoD essay on Arab Barometer Survey

Marc Lynch cites new JoD essay on the latest findings of the Arab Barometer Survey on his Abu Aardvark's Middle East Blog.

October 16, 2012

JoD Book Launch

A panel discussion featuring Andrew Nathan, Minxin Pei & more will be held at NED on Apr. 10 from 4-5:30 pm to mark the publication of the latest JoD book, “Will China Democratize?”

February 28, 2014

Review of Authoritarianism Goes Global

Stephan Haggard reviews the JoD's latest book, Authoritarianism Goes Global.

September 14, 2016

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Gay Rights: Why Democracy Matters

Comparing the Arab Revolts: The Role of the Military

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