Is Communism Returning?
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July 1996
Volume 7, Issue 3
In Praise of the Art of Politics
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Is the Third Wave Over?
Democracy’s global advance is facing headwinds, but there are still opportunities for progress in pseudodemocratic and authoritarian states.
The Paradox of Civil Society
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Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet
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Taiwan’s Unique Challenges
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Democratization in the Middle East
Democratization in the Middle East: Pluralism and the Palestinians
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Democratization in the Middle East: Algeria’s Tragic Contradictions
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Democratization in the Middle East: Power and Opposition in Morocco
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Democratization in the Middle East: Turkey–How Far From Consolidation?
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Democratization in the Middle East: Quandaries of the Peace Process
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Liberia: An Update
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Curbing Corruption in Venezuela
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Crafting Constitutions
A review of Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry into Structures, Incentives and Outcomes, by Giovanni Sartori.
Grappling with Legitimacy
A review of Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority, edited by Muthiah Alagappa.
Documents on Democracy
Excerpts from: Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui’s inaugural address; a ten-point declaration of a summit of more than a dozen Nigerian prodemocracy groups; an “Inter-American Convention Against Corruption”; resolutions adopted by Burma’s National League for Democracy.
Election Watch
Reports on elections in Albania, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Suriname, Taiwan, Uganda, Western Samoa, Zimbabwe.