April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Perils of a Protracted Transition
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Ravages of “Market Bolshevism”
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? Forcing the Pace of Democratization
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Haunting Presence of Marxism-Leninism
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Feudalization of the State
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? Controlling The Military-A Partial Success
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Roots of the Economic Crisis
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Problem of Fiscal Federalism
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? Creating Perverse Incentives
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
Latin America: Beyond “Democratic Consolidation”
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
The Post-Cold War World: Integration and Disintegration
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
The Post-Cold War World: Globalization and the International System
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
The Post-Cold War World: Can Colombia Cope?
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Another Great Transformation
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: The Postcommunist Divide
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Victory Defeated
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Reassessing the Revolutions of 1989
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Geography and Democratic Destiny
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: Slovakia’s Democratic Awakening
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Eastern Europe a Decade Later: A New Phase in Czech Politics
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Parties and Accountability in the Philippines
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January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
Nigeria: An End to the Permanent Transition
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Liberal Voices from China
The Editors’ introduction to “Liberal Voices from China.”
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Liberal Voices from China: The Hong Kong Example
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Liberal Voices from China: A Program for Democratic Reform
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Liberal Voices from China: Liberalism, Equal Status, and Human Rights
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
George Washington and the Founding of Democracy
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Is Ethiopia Democratic?
The Editors’ introduction to “Is Ethiopia Democratic?”
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Is Ethiopia Democratic? A Political Success Story
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Is Ethiopia Democratic? Oldspeak vs. Newspeak
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Is Ethiopia Democratic? A Bureaucratic Authoritarian Regime
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
The New Military Autonomy in Latin America
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
South Africa’s Emerging Dominant-Party Regime
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July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
India Defies the Odds: Enduring Another Election
Indians appear to love the practice of democracy so much that they are in danger of overdoing it. In February and March of 1998, the world's largest democracy held its twelfth general election since gaining its independence a half-century ago. The voting was largely fair and peaceful. New, right-of-center rulers led by the Bharatiya Janata…
January 2026, Volume 37, Issue 1
Why Gen-Z Is Rising
Young people from Peru to Madagascar to Nepal—furious with political elites reaping the spoils of privilege and corruption—are rising up to demand change. But what happens when their movements succeed?
January 2026, Volume 37, Issue 1
Guarding Against Minority Rule
While attending to the risk of majoritarian abuse, we must also guard against institutions that empower—and even entrench—authoritarian minorities.