Why do societies today distribute political power more equally than before? Most scholars
believe that this transition is explained by the rise of capitalism but have long disagreed …

Why have so many attempts at democracy in the past half-century failed? Confronting this
much discussed question, Jay Ulfelder offers a novel explanation for the coups and …

" Economic reform by Third World governments is usually portrayed as the product of outside
pressure, especially from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. This …

In this book noted political sociologist Larry Diamond sets forth a distinctive theoretical
perspective on democratic evolution and consolidation in the late twentieth century …

The book shows how such multiple interactions among political-economic institutions and
interests induce differing policy choices and effects across democracies; how to model such …

Economic development and diffusion effects appear to exert substantial influence on the
success of democratization. However, large-N quantitative studies also show that there are …

Much theoretical and empirical work has been devoted to the study of democratic
consolidation. Most of this literature, however, ignores international influences on the …

Democratic regression has become a worrying phenomenon in the last years. Social
science has provided a variety of explanations why democratic regimes have lost …

What are the determinants of democratization? Do the factors that move countries toward
democracy also help them refrain from backsliding toward autocracy? This book attempts to …

In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in
response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs …