Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress, was unconditionally released on 11 February 1990 after 27 years as a prisoner of the South African government.
Democracy’s fortunes rose in Africa in the 1990s, but more recently have been in retreat. The forces of democratic resurgence remain in play, however, as a look at the key…
Popular uprisings have occurred only in some Arab states and in even fewer have authoritarian rulers been overthrown. What factors allow us to predict whether an authoritarian regime will be…
