Democracy for the Long Haul
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April 1996
Volume 7, Issue 2
Toward Consolidated Democracies
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Illusions About Consolidation
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Islam and Liberal Democracy
Islam and Liberal Democracy: A Historical Overview
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Islam and Liberal Democracy: Two Visions of Reformation
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Islam and Liberal Democracy: The Challenge of Secularization
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Islam and Liberal Democracy: The Limits of the Western Model
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Islam and Liberal Democracy: Recognizing Pluralism
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Russia Between Elections
Russia Between Elections: The Vanishing Center
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Russia Between Elections: The Travails of Liberalism
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Civil Society in Africa
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The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites
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Liberia: Crying for Freedom
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Defending Glasnost
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Opening the Economic Mind
A review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama.
Is the Middle East Different?
A review of Democracy Without Democrats? The Renewal of Politics in the Muslim World, edited by Ghassan Salamé.
Documents on Democracy
Excerpts from: Sergei Kovalev’s letter of resignation from the President’s Human Rights Commission in Russia; Haitian president René Préval’s inaugural address; the initial declaration of the Cuban Council (Concilio Cubano).
Election Watch
Reports on elections in Bangladesh, Benin, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza.