What Makes Democracies Endure?

Issue Date January 1996
Volume 7
Issue 1
Page Numbers 39-55
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About the Authors

Michael Alvarez

Michael Alvarez is assistant professor of political science at De Paul University.

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José Antonio Cheibub

José Antonio Cheibub is assistant professor of politics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Fernando Limongi

Fernando Limongi is assistant professor of political science at the University of São Paulo.

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Adam Przeworski

Adam Przeworski is professor of political science at New York University.

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Further Reading

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Fighting Terrorism: The Democracy Advantage

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The Question of Citizenship in the Baltics

Volume 26, Issue 4

Exploring “Non-Western Democracy”

Often called for but seldom defined with any precision, “non-Western democracy” could end up giving cover to authoritarianism, but also could allow potentially useful democratic innovations to be tried and…