October 2023, Volume 34, Issue 4
In this symposium, the Journal of Democracy brings together leading thinkers, experts, and technologists to explore the challenges that artificial intelligence poses for humanity, and how democratic institutions can be marshaled to help meet those challenges.
July 2023, Volume 34, Issue 3
In this symposium, the Journal of Democracy brings together leading scholars of India to perform a biopsy on the state of that country’s fragile democracy, and to offer us a prognosis for its future.
January 2021, Volume 32, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Mainstream Parties in Crisis.”
October 2020, Volume 31, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Covid vs. Democracy.”
April 2019, Volume 30, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “30 Years After Tiananmen.”
April 2018, Volume 29, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “China in Xi’s ‘New Era.'”
April 2017, Volume 28, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “The 2016 U.S. Election.”
January 2017, Volume 28, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Britain After Brexit.”
July 2014, Volume 25, Issue 3
Read the full essay here. The Editors’ introduction to “The Maidan and Beyond.”
January 2010, Volume 21, Issue 1
The Editors' introduction to the Journal of Democracy's Twentieth Anniversary Issue.
October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy.”
July 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “Islamist Parties and Democracy.”
October 2007, Volume 18, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Is East-Central Europe Backsliding?”
July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to the first of two clusters on “The Democracy Barometers.”
January 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Europe Moves Eastward.”
April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “What is Liberal Islam?”
January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “China’s Changing of the Guard.”
October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Democratization in the Arab World?”
July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “Middle East Studies After 9/11.”
July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “Debating the Transition Paradigm.”
January 2002, Volume 13, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “South Asia Faces the Future.”
October 2001, Volume 12, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup.”
July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “Francophone Africa in Flux.”
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “Revisiting Florida 2000.”
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “High Anxiety in the Andes.”
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Is Iran Democratizing?”
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy in the World.”
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Is Ethiopia Democratic?”
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Liberal Voices from China.”
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “Hong Kong, Singapore, and ‘Asian Values.'”
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Civil Society After Communism.”
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “Economic Reform and Democracy.”
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Democracy’s Future.”
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “Rethinking Civil Society.”
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict.”
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to “International Organizations & Democracy.”
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to the Journal of Democracy‘s special issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter.
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “South Africa’s Future.”
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Political Corruption.”
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Read the full essay here. The Editors’ introduction to “The Unfinished Revolution.”
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “The Crumbling Soviet Bloc.”
