October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
Region: Comparative Theoretical General
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
Democratization and Business Interests
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
The Problems of Simultaneous Transitions
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Rethinking Civil Society
The Editors’ introduction to “Rethinking Civil Society.”
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Rethinking Civil Society: Toward Democratic Consolidation
What makes civil society best able to help democracy emerge and endure?
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Conceptions of Civil Society
A review of The Idea of Civil Society, by Adam B. Seligman and Civil Society and Political Theory, by Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato.
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Dangers and Dilemmas of Democracy
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
Delegative Democracy
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Road from Athens
A review of Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993, edited by John Dunn.
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: Democracy in Divided Societies
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
Fundamentalism’s Future
A review of The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State, by Mark Juergensmeyer.
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
International Organizations & Democracy
The Editors’ introduction to “International Organizations & Democracy.”
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
International Organizations & Democracy: Toward a Global “Guarantee Clause”
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
Philosophy and Democracy
A review of The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Age, by Thomas Pangle.
April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2
Reflections on Capitalism, Socialism & Democracy
April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2
The Virtues of Parallel Vote Tabulation
January 1993, Volume 4, Issue 1
Confronting the Past: Justice After Transitions
January 1993, Volume 4, Issue 1
Choosing an Electoral System: The Primacy of the Particular
October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
The Problem of Civic Competence
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
The Editors’ introduction to the Journal of Democracy‘s special issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter.
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
The Uncertain Triumph of Democratic Capitalism
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Devaluing Democracy
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Democracy and Development
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
The Neoliberal Fallacy
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Socialism, Capitalism, and Modernity
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
In Defense of Neoliberalism
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Why Free Markets Are Not Enough
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
The Future of Socialism
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Capitalism & Democracy: The Missing Link
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
The Future of an Illusion
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
The Socialist Alternative
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Exploring the End of History
A review of The End of History and the Last Man, by Francis Fukuyama.
January 1992, Volume 3, Issue 1
The Role of Interim Governments
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
The Culture of Liberty
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
The Democratic Moment
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption
The Editors’ introduction to “Political Corruption.”
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption: Historical Conflict and the Rise of Standards
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption: Strategies for Reform
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Pollwatching and Peacemaking
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Democracy & Foreign Policy
A review of Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America’s Destiny, by Joshua Muravchik and Exporting Democracy: The United States and Latin America, edited by Abraham F. Lowenthal.
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Debate—Proportional Representation: The Problem with PR
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Debate—Proportional Representation: PR and Democratic Statecraft
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Debate—Proportional Representation: Double-Checking the Evidence
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
What Democracy Is…and Is Not
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
Democracy’s Third Wave
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
Shortcuts to Liberty
A review of To Craft Democracies: An Essay on Democratic Transitions, by Giuseppe Di Palma.
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
Constitutional Choices for New Democracies
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
The First Democracy
A review of Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, by Donald Kagan.
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Communism: A Coroner’s Inquest
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Debate—Presidents vs. Parliaments: Comparing Democratic Systems
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Debate—Presidents vs. Parliaments: The Centrality of Political Culture
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Debate—Presidents vs. Parliaments: The Virtues of Parliamentarianism
Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Three Paradoxes of Democracy
While democracy is the most admired form of government, maintaining it requires contending with its contradictions.
Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Technology and Freedom
A review of Power, Press, and the Technology of Freedom: The Coming Age of ISDN, by Leonard R. Sussman.
Spring 1990, Volume 1, Issue 2
On the Tasks of a Democratic Opposition
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Is Democracy Surviving the “Year of Elections”?
Millions of voters are casting ballots in a string of elections across the globe. At the midyear point, how well is democracy holding up?
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Why the Defenders of Liberal Democracy Need to Stand Up
If liberal norms and institutions are to prevail, they need to be defended from the left and the right.
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Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power
Explores how authoritarian regimes are deploying “sharp power” to undermine democracies from within by weaponizing universities, institutions, media, technology, and entertainment industries.
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Has Liberalism Failed?
Our rising levels of inequality have put its ideals in crisis. These are the simple principles that can help bring it back from the edge.
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How Women Make the World Safe for Democracy
The suffragists imagined that a greater role for women in democratic politics would lead to a more peaceful world. Few realize how right they were.
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Why Sanctions Don’t Work Against Dictatorships
From Putin’s invasion to Kim’s nuclear saber rattling, the West has punished the world’s worst regimes. But have sanctions missed their targets?
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Why TikTok Is a Threat to Democracy
The popular Chinese-owned app is enabling Beijing to collect data on people nearly everywhere. Not only can such platforms track people’s preferences and whereabouts, but they give the Chinese government control over a powerful tool for shaping people’s worldview.
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Democracy’s Most Dangerous Assumptions
It is tempting to believe the horrors of the past will not haunt our future. Vladimir Putin is proving that we hold such beliefs at our peril.
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Democracy’s Arc: From Resurgent to Imperiled (Expanded Edition)
This is the darkest moment for freedom in half a century. Whether democracy regains its footing will depend on how democratic leaders and citizens respond to emboldened authoritarians and the fissures within their own societies.
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Democracy in Decline?
For almost a decade, Freedom House’s annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. Some analysts say this shows that the world has entered a "democratic recession." Others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing democracy’s success in maintaining the huge gains it made during the last quarter of the twentieth century.