Is Pakistan the (Reverse) Wave of the Future?

Issue Date July 2000
Volume 11
Issue 3
Page Numbers 91-106
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Pakistan’s descent into authoritarian rule starkly depicts the “triple crisis of governance” that threatens many third-wave democracies. If these problems of governance are not addressed, a new “reverse wave” of democratization could be imminent.

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