Description: Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction - Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner I - Democracy and Liberty: Universal Values? 1 Democracy as a Universal Value - Amartya Sen 2 Buddhism, Asian Values, and Democracy - His Holiness the Dalai Lama 3 Confucianism and Democracy - Francis Fukuyama 4 Muslims and Democracy - Abdou Filali-Ansary 5 How Far Can Free Government Travel? - Giovanni Sartori 6 Democracy and Liberty: The Cultural Connection - Russell Bova 7 From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy - Marc F. Plattner II - Consolidating Democracy 8 Toward Consolidated Democracies - Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan 9 Illusions about Consolidation - Guillermo O'Donnell 10 O'Donnell's "Illusions": A Rejoinder - Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Hans Jrgen Puhle 11 Illusions and Conceptual Flaws: A Response - Guillermo O'Donnell 12 What Is Democratic Consolidation? - Andreas Schedler III - Foundations of Successful Democracy 13 What Makes Democracies Endure? - Adam Przeworski, Michael Alvarez, Jos Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi 14 Party Systems in the Third Wave - Scott Mainwaring 15 What Makes Elections Free and Fair? - Jrgen Elklit and Palle Svenson 16 Federalism and Democracy: Beyond the U.S. Model - Alfred Stepan 17 Markets, Law, and Democracy - Charles Fried 18 Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America - Jorge I. Domnguez 19 A New Jurisprudence for Africa - H. Kwasi Prempeh 20 How Democracies Control the Military - Richard H. Kohn IV - Prospects and Challenges for Democracy in the New Century 21 A Quarter-Century of Declining Confidence - Susan J. Pharr, Robert D. Putnam, and Russell J. Dalton 22 Latin America at the Century's Turn - Abraham F. Lowenthal 23 The Postcommunist Divide - Jacques Rupnik 24 Putin's Russia: One Step Forward Two Steps Back - Michael McFaul 25 Will China Democratize? - Michel Oksenberg 26 Is Pakistan the (Reverse) Wave of the Future? - Larry Diamond Index

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