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January 2014, Volume 25, Issue 1

The Legacies of 1989: Myths and Realities of Civil Society

• Grzegorz Ekiert
• Jan Kubik

The changes that civil societies in Central and Eastern Europe have experienced since communism’s fall are real, but often misunderstood.

July 2012, Volume 23, Issue 3

Putinism Under Siege: The Protesters and the Public

• Denis Volkov

After the December 2011 State Duma elections, the Russian opposition and civil society quickly launched large protest rallies in response to electoral fraud. 

July 2012, Volume 23, Issue 3

The DRC’s Crumbling Legitimacy

• Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
• Pascal Kalume Kambale

On 9 December 2011, incumbent president Joseph Kabila was declared the official winner of the DRC’s deeply flawed presidential election, resulting in a legal president without legitimacy and an uncertain political future.

January 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1

Debating the Color Revolutions: Necessary Distinctions

• Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr

Western pressure can be decisive, but it is not always easy to forecast when and how it will be applied.

Sharp Power Research Portal

The International Forum for Democratic Studies’ Sharp Power Research Portal is a tool for researchers, journalists, policymakers, and activists to recognize patterns of authoritarian influence in several domains. It includes over 750 resources providing research, reporting, and analysis.

October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4

Escaping the Development Impasse

• Larry Diamond

A review of Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places by Paul Collier.

July 2009, Volume 20, Issue 3

Arms and the Humanitarian

• Clifford Orwin

A review of Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention by Gary J. Bass.

July 2006, Volume 17, Issue 3

The Dark Side of Globalization

• Anders Åslund

A review of Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy, by Moisés Naím.

April 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2

Lipset’s Legacy

• Cynthia McClintock

A review of The Democratic Century by Seymour Martin Lipset and Jason M. Lakin.

October 2003, Volume 14, Issue 4

The Illusion of Liberal Autocracy

• Larry Diamond

A review of The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad by Fareed Zakaria.

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

Books in Review: The Post-Soviet Political Mind

• Vladimir Tismaneanu

A review of “Conversations with Gorbachev” by Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynár.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

Rediscovering Culture

• Michael Novak

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

How People View Democracy: Africans’ Surprising Universalism

• Michael Bratton
• Robert Mattes

Although Africa is a latecomer to democratization, Africans overwhelmingly support democracy, and their conception of democracy is surprisingly liberal.

October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4

Liberalism of Sorts

• João Carlos Espada

A review of After 1989: Morals, Revolution, and Civil Society, by Ralf Dahrendorf.

July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3

Chinese Culture and Democracy

• Edward Friedman

A review of China’s Transition, by Andrew Nathan. 

October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4

The Clash Within Civilizations

• Carl Gershman

A review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington.

July 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3

Theory in Pursuit of Practice

• Thomas J. Biersteker

A review of The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman.

April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2

Can Africa Develop?

• Michael Chege

A review of Development and Democracy in Africa, by Claude Ake.

July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3

Crafting Constitutions

• John M. Carey

A review of Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry into Structures, Incentives and Outcomes, by Giovanni Sartori.

April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2

Opening the Economic Mind

• S. Gordon Redding

A review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama.