April 1995
Volume 6, Issue 2
Transcending the Clash of Cultures
Reexamining Russia
Economic Reform and Democracy
Economic Reform and Democracy
The Editors’ introduction to “Economic Reform and Democracy.”
Parliaments Over Presidents
A review of The Failure of Presidential Democracy, edited by Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela.
“Civil” and Other Societies
A review of Civil Society and the State in Africa, edited by John W. Harbeson, Donald Rothchild, and Naomi Chazan.
Documents on Democracy
Excerpts from: the “Plan of Action” of the Summit of the Americas; the inaugural speech Mozambican president Joaquim Alberto Chissano; appeals for reform of the National People’s Congress by democracy advocates in China; a speech by former U.S. ambassador to Kenya Smith Hempstone.
News and Notes
Conference on Democracy Held in Zagreb; Post-Soviet State and Regional Leaders Meet; Political Parties in Modern Democracies Examined; New African Journal on Democracy; Conference Focuses on Ethnic Conflict in Russia; Forecasting the Future of Brazil and Mexico.
Election Watch
Reports on elections in Bulgaria, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Niger, Uzbekistan.