This article argues for a radical recasting of the European Union democratic deficit debate.
Critics have long argued that the EU suffers from a democratic deficit and that growing EU …

In this third wave of global democratization, no phenomenon has more vividly captured the
imagination of democratic scholars, observers, and activists alike than" civil society." What …

Subnational units of analysis play an increasingly important role in comparative politics.
Although many recent studies of topics such as ethnic conflict, economic policy reform, and …

Levels of subnational democracy vary significantly within countries around the world.
Drawing on fiscal theories of the state, the author argues that this variance is often explained …

In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom,
fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor …

This article considers the political situation of an authoritarian province in a nationally
democratic country. The objective is to uncover strategies that incumbents (in this article …

Democratic decentralization can be an extremely useful part of the enabling environment,
facilitating many of the goals of the Comprehensive Development Framework and Poverty …

In recent decades, Bolivia, Colombia, Italy, and Venezuela have all faced the turmoil and
democratic crisis of party system collapse. In Bankrupt Representation and Party System …

Ethnic cleavages have rarely led to political organizing and sustained political conflict in
Latin America. However, recently a wave of rural organizing and movements has mobilized …

The observation that redemocratization in Latin America is a fragile process has become a
commonplace in the social science literature of the past few years. The social movements …