A review of Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy, by Robert D. Putnam, with Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti.
About the Author
Leonardo Morlino is professor of political science at the University of Florence and director of the Research Centre on Southern Europe. His books include Democrazie e Democratizzazioni (2003).
Do young democracies have to "deliver the goods" economically in order to win political legitimacy in their citizens' eyes? Public opinion data from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Arab…
A country's political regime, regardless of its level of development, affects its social performance. Fewer children die in democracies than in dictatorships.