October 1996

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.

Latin America’s Parties

Jonathan Hartlyn

A review of Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America, edited by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully.

Excerpts from: testimony delivered at South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; remarks by National Endowment for Democracy president Carl Gershman; remarks delivered at a reception marking the opening of Mongolia’s new parliament.

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Bangladesh, Chad, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Lebanon, Mongolia, Russia, São Tomé & Príncipe, Uganda.

October 1996

The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict

How Different Are the Postcommunist Transitions?

Venezuela: Democracy Hangs On

China’s Constitutionalist Option

Indonesia: Suharto’s Tightening Grip

Vietnam’s Tentative Transformation

Burma’s Uneven Struggle

Soft Authoritarianism in Malaysia and Singapore

Making Amends After Communism

Kant, Democracy, and History

Democratic Consolidation: Debate

Democratic Consolidation: Debate–O’Donnell’s “Illusions”: A Rejoinder

Democratic Consolidation–Debate: Illusions and Conceptual Flaws

Two Views of Liberalism

Latin America’s Parties

Documents on Democracy

Election Watch