Mainstream Parties in Crisis: Introduction

Juan Linz’s 1990 critique of presidentialism in these pages was based largely on the Latin American experience. In the last few years, however, four new Asian democracies have encountered presidential…

Election officials made strides toward secure voter identification, and a two-party system appears to be emerging, but the 2019 elections revealed continuing problems with vote-buying and violence.

Tunisia is a small country, but its influential Islamist party has taken a big step by separating its political wing from its religious activities.