Historical accounts of democracy's rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-
Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to …

This book came from our long conversations about the nature and origins of democracy.
Such dialogues were inspired by a wide-ranging and diverse set of recent global events …

The contributors to this volume address questions central to the development and survival of
democratic rule. Brought together under the auspices of a Nobel Symposium on democracy …

Once theorists thought vibrant, viable democracy emerged from centuries of struggle or
maturation. In such formulations as Barrington Moore's, class and politics interacted over …

The Journal of Democracy began publishing in 1990 in an era of hopeful, even exhilarating,
expansion of democracy around the world. Democracy was on the march not only literally …

DIVSince the end of the Cold War, the assumption among most political theorists has been
that as nations develop economically, they will also become more democratic—especially if …

Something profoundly important occurred in early 19th century America that came to be
called democracy. Since then hundreds of millions of people worldwide have operated on …

Since the publication of its inaugural issue in January 1990, the Journal of Democracy has
published well over a thousand articles, exploring all aspects of the workings of democracy …

Larry Diamond n the decade following the Cold War, democracy flourished around the world
as never before. In recent years, however, much of this progress has steadily eroded …