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October 2000, Volume 11, Number 4
Mexico's Victory
- The Democratic Revelation
Andreas Schedler
Vicente Fox's victory in Mexico's July 2000 presidential election revealed the fundamental changes that had been taking place under the veil of governmental continuity.
- Exiting the Labyrinth
Robert A. Pastor
The beauty of Mexico's transition to democracy lay in the way it evolved gradually and peacefully over the course of a decade.
- Vicente Fox and the Rise of the PAN
David A. Shirk
Although Fox's National Action Party (PAN) is frequently portrayed as a reactionary party, it is better understood as a liberal-democratic alternative to the former ruling party's authoritarianism.
- The "External Factor"
Sergio Aguayo Quezada
Any serious discussion of Mexico's future must take into account its relations with the United States.
Alfred Stepan
Are all, or only some, of the world's religious systems politically compatible with democracy?
A Reply to My Accusers
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
An Egyptian civil-society leader responds to the closing down of his organization and the allegations against him by state prosecutors.
Comparing East Asia and Latin America
- Stirrings of Mutual Recognition
Laurence Whitehead
Global trends toward economic and political liberalization are presenting East Asian and Latin American democracies with increasingly convergent international opportunities and constraints.
- Dimensions of Development
Francis Fukuyama and Sanjay Marwah
Such a comparison clearly shows a higher prevalence of democracy in Latin America and a better economic performance in East Asia. The two regions are likely to converge on both dimensions, but the gaps will remain.
- Capital Mobility and Democratic Stability
Sylvia Maxfield
Despite the persistent doomsaying about the political consequences of untrammeled international capital flows, financial liberalization may actually contribute to democratic consolidation.
Is Iran Democratizing?
- Observations on Election Day
Haleh Esfandiari
In hotly contested parliamentary elections, candidates supportive of President Khatami's reforms won an overwhelming victory.
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Reform at an Impasse
Ladan Boroumand and Roya Boroumand
Once again, a reformist electoral victory has been followed by political setbacks. The key to understanding this paradoxical pattern lies in the unique theocratic constitutional structure of the Islamic Republic.
- A Comparativist's Perspective
Daniel Brumberg
The uneasy accommodation of competing visions of authority that has characterized Iran's political system since 1979 is a familiar phenomenon in the Middle East and elsewhere.
- The Role of the Intellectuals
Ramin Jahanbegloo
The "Fourth Generation" of Iranian intellectuals has a vital role to play in strengthening civil society and fostering democratization.
- Voices From Within
Selections from the Iranian Press
Four excerpts from the Iranian press-on elections and democracy and on religious intolerance and intellectual pluralism-suggest the extent to which democratic thinking has gained a foothold in Iran.
Catalina Smulovitz and Enrique Peruzzotti
Recent studies of democracy in Latin America overlook the role of civil society as an agent of accountability.
Field Report
- Monitoring the Vote in Croatia
Suzana Jasic
A nongovernmental organization, Citizens Organized to Monitor Voting (GONG), helped ensure the transparency of Croatia's recent elections.
Books in Review
- Nurturing Nationalism
Ghia Nodia
A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.
Election Watch
- Reports on the elections in Ethiopia, Haiti, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Paraguay, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
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