Democratic institutions cannot be set up easily, anywhere, at any time; they are likely to
emerge only when certain social and cultural conditions exist. But economic development …

Democratization has swept the globe over the past generation, and analysts and policy
makers have been struggling to keep up. Bookshelves have been filled with case studies …

This article tries to determine what causes democratization. It begins by studying the cause
of the correlation between development and democracy, and views the models of …

Diamond discusses the growing trend of democracy, including its significance and causes.
Democratization, which has expanded dramatically in the world, fosters political …

The easy democratic transitions are history, the remaining partial democracies are stalled,
and the newest liberal democracies are faltering as they struggle to hold on to past reforms …

" Economic development makes democracy possible" asserts the US State Departments
Web site, subscribing to a highly influential argument: that poor countries must develop …

Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East
Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authori tarian to democratic systems of government …

Can any state become democratic? Can the whole world become democratic? This lecture
argues that the answers to both questions are yes, and that neither culture nor history nor …

What is democracy? What are the pitfalls and the positive potentials in the growing trend
toward democratization? This book examines the prospects for democracy in the world …

The best way to understand how stable, well-functioning democracies develop is to analyze
the political trajectories such countries have actually taken. The political backstory of most …