January 1997

Volume 8, Issue 1

Where is Russia Headed?

Where is Russia Headed? An Uncertain Prognosis

Grigory Yavlinsky

Where is Russia Headed? Toward Stability or Crisis?

Federalism and Constitutional Design

Paraguay: The Coup That Didn’t Happen

Arturo Valenzuela

India: Fragmentation Amid Consensus

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Bangladesh’s Second Chance

Pakistan’s Enduring Experiment

Sri Lanka: Surviving Ethnic Strife

K.M. de Silva

Democracy and Liberty: The Cultural Connection

Russell Bova

Zimbabwe’s Eroding Authoritarianism

Masipula Sithole

Bolivia’s Silent Revolution

René Antonio Mayorga

Promoting Women’s Rights in the Muslim World

Mahnaz Afkhami

A Laureate’s Lament

Richard Joseph

A review of The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis, by Wole Soyinka.

Reviving Local Government

Eliza J. Willis

A review of Local Government in Latin America, by R. Andrew Nickson.

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: Romanian presidential candidate Emil Constantinescu’s remarks; victory statement by Nicaraguan presidential candidate Arnoldo Alemán.

News and Notes

Civic Educators Meet in Buenos Aires; In Remembrance of Claud Ake; Report on NED’s International Forum; Correction.

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gambia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritania, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Thailand, Yugoslavia, Zambia.