July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
Bringing Democracy into International Law
The evidence clearly points to the growing incorporation into international law of the right to democratic governance.
July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
The evidence clearly points to the growing incorporation into international law of the right to democratic governance.
July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
An increase in women’s political mobilization has accompanied the global trend toward democratization, but women’s movements have taken diverse paths in different regions of the world.
July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
A country’s level of female political representation cannot be explained solely in terms of socioeconomic factors and political institutions. The evidence shows that political culture also matters.
July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
A review of Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries by Arend Lijphart and Elections as Instruments of Democracy: Majoritarian and Proportional Views, by G. Bingham Powell, Jr.
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
A review of Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, edited by Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington.
January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1
Under many nondemocratic systems, good policy is bad politics, and bad policy helps leaders stay in office. The result is poorer performance in terms of economic growth.
January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1
Promising advances in the status of freedom in the world during the past year have been matched by significant disappointments.
January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1
A review of Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-being in the World 1950-1990, by Adam Przeworski, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Are all, or only some, of the world’s religious systems politically compatible with democracy?
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Global trends toward economic and political liberalization are presenting East Asian and Latin American democracies with increasingly convergent international opportunities and constraints.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Such a comparison clearly shows a higher prevalence of democracy in Latin America and a better economic performance in East Asia. The two regions are likely to converge on both dimensions, but the gaps will remain.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Despite the persistent doomsaying about the political consequences of untrammeled international capital flows, financial liberalization may actually contribute to democratic consolidation.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.
July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3
The experience of “bandit capitalism” or “tyrant capitalism” in postcommunist societies shows that markets cannot work properly without a community of trust and mutual respect. Such a community can be achieved only where there is a rule of law, applied by able and independent judges.
July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3
Pakistan’s descent into authoritarian rule starkly depicts the “triple crisis of governance” that threatens many third-wave democracies. If these problems of governance are not addressed, a new “reverse wave” of democratization could be imminent.
April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2
A country's political regime, regardless of its level of development, affects its social performance. Fewer children die in democracies than in dictatorships.
April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2
A review of Francois Furet's last book, The Passing of an Illusion.
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy in the World.”
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
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July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3
January 1999, Volume 10, Issue 1
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
A review of After 1989: Morals, Revolution, and Civil Society, by Ralf Dahrendorf.
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
A review of Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies, by Ronald Inglehart.
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
A review of Democracy’s Victory and Crisis, edited by Axel Hadenius.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
A review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington.
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
A review of Islam and Democracy, by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll.
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3
A review of The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman.
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
A review of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan.
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
A review of Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age, by John Gray and An Intellectual History of Liberalism, by Pierre Manet.
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
Democracy’s global advance is facing headwinds, but there are still opportunities for progress in pseudodemocratic and authoritarian states.
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
A review of Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry into Structures, Incentives and Outcomes, by Giovanni Sartori.
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
A review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama.
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
A review of Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals, by Ernest Gellner.
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “Economic Reform and Democracy.”
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to the Journal of Democracy’s special issue on “Economic Reform and Democracy.”
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4