Author: Sandeep Shastri | Journal of Democracy

Articles by Sandeep Shastri:

April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy

Yun-han Chu
Michael Bratton
Marta Lagos
Sandeep Shastri
Mark Tessler

Do young democracies have to "deliver the goods" economically in order to win political legitimacy in their citizens' eyes? Public opinion data from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Arab world suggest some fascinating answers.

Books:

How People View Democracy

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond

No serious student of democracy can afford to be without this book. It offers an original and comprehensive view of what citizens around the world think as democracy's global "third wave" prepares to enter its fourth and perhaps most challenging decade.