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Current Issue
July 2008, Volume 19, Number 3
Islamist Parties and Democracy
The rise of Islamist parties poses new challenges to efforts to understand the relationship between Islam and democracy. A diverse group of authors investigates this new phenomenon and its implications for the future of democracy in the Middle East.- Three Kinds of Movements
Tamara Cofman Wittes
- Going Back to the Origins
Husain Haqqani & Hillel Fradkin
- Are They Democrats? Does It Matter?
Tarek Masoud
- Turkey's AKP in Power
Ihsan Dagi
- Participation Without Power
Malika Zeghal
- Institutions Make the Difference
Laith Kubba
- Why They Can't Be Democratic
Bassam Tibi
- A Boon or a Bane for Democracy?
Amr Hamzawy & Nathan Brown
Lucan Way
The "color revolutions" in the postcommunist countries cannot be attributed to diffusion alone. Structural factors offer a better explanation of why such revolutions have succeeded in some countries and not in others.
ASEAN's "Black Swans"
Donald K. Emmerson
Can regionalism help to redress the uneven spread and internal weaknesses of democracy in Southeast Asia? Unforeseen events in the region and positive political entrepreneurship may yet transform ASEAN into a force for democracy.
A New Look at Ethnicity and Democratization
Mark R. Beissinger
Conventional scholarly wisdom holds that ethnic diversity within a given society generally dims democracy's prospects. Careful reflection on the experience of many post-Soviet states, however, suggests that this need not be so.
Has the Northern Ireland Problem Been Solved?
John Coakley
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement provided a framework for peace and democracy in Northern Ireland. But it was a particular set of internal circumstances that allowed for the pact's successful implementation.
Supplemental Graphics
Latin America: Eight Lessons for Governance
Scott Mainwaring & Timothy R. Scully
Latin America's recent experience shows that effective democratic governance is difficult to achieve and depends on many factors, some of them context-specific. Nonetheless, it is possible to draw some general lessons.
South Korea's Miraculous Democracy
Hahm Chaibong
Despite South Korea's messy democratic trajectory, it has miraculously achieved consolidation. Though far from perfect, South Korea's democracy has turned obstacles into opportunities for reform and development.
The Remarkable Story of Somaliland
Seth Kaplan
Emerging from one of the world's most notorious failed states, Somaliland has become an oasis of relative democratic stability in the troubled Horn of Africa. What does its story teach us about democratic state-building?
The Orange Revolution and Beyond
Kateryna Yushchenko
Ukraine gained independence in 1991, but its people gained their freedom only in 2004 with the Orange Revolution—an uprising of the human spirit in which Ukrainians joined together to gain a voice in their future.
The Crisis in Kenya
Maina Kiai
For years Kenya was regarded as one of Africa's sturdiest democracies. The fraudulent 2007 presidential election, however, exposed the fragility of Kenya's democratic framework.
Books in Review
- Asia's Progress
Satu P. Limaye
A review of Pacific Asia in Quest of Democracy by Roland Rich.
Election Watch
- Reports on recent elections in Bhutan, the Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Iran, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Nepal, Paraguay, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, Tonga, and Zimbabwe.
Documents on Democracy
- Excerpts from a petition containing "Twelve Suggestions for Dealing with the Tibet Situation," written by 29 Chinese intellectuals after the Chinese government put down protests in Tibet against Beijing's treatment of the Tibetan people.
- Excerpts from a speech given by European Commission president José Manuel Barroso at the formal launch of the European Foundation for Democracy through Partnership (EFDP) in Brussels on April 15.
- Excerpts from a May 30 "State of the Nation" address delivered by Morgan Tsvangirai, the Movement for Democratic Change's candidate and winner of the first round of Zimbabwe's still-contested March 29 presidential election.
- Excerpts from a March 11 statement, written by Václav Havel and other European-based members of the international Committee for Democracy in Cuba, urging the EU to take a stand against the antidemocratic actions of the Cuban government.
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