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A review of Francois Furet’s last book, The Passing of an Illusion.
Carl Gershman is the founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy.
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Volume 19, Issue 1
The history of twentieth-century European communist parties shows that extremists can be moderated by robust democratic institutions. Without them, however, the inclusion of extremist parties may undermine democracy.
Volume 5, Issue 4
A review of South Africa: The Political Economy of Transformation, edited by Stephen John Stedman.
Volume 8, Issue 2
A review of Development and Democracy in Africa, by Claude Ake.