The Democratic Moment

Issue Date Fall 1991
Volume 2
Issue 4
Page Numbers 34-46
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About the Author

Marc F. Plattner, founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy. He also serves as cochair of the International Advisory Board of the Institute for Political Studies at the Portuguese Catholic University.

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Volume 12, Issue 3

Francophone Africa in Flux: Democratization in Fits and Starts

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