Author: Martin K. Dimitrov | Journal of Democracy

Martin K. Dimitrov is assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College and an associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. He is currently working on a book-length study of the collapse and survival of communist regimes.

January 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1

Debating the Color Revolutions: Popular Autocrats

Martin K. Dimitrov

Levels of regime strength and links to the West help to explain authoritarian breakdown, but the ruler’s popularity also matters.

Debates on Democratization

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Philip J. Costopoulos

If democracy means anything, it means robust debates. Debates on Democratization is a collection of essays that explores the questions and controversies that surround contemporary democratization.