Table of Contents

1. Victory and crisis: introduction Axel Hadenius; Part I. Historical Perspectives: 2. The new democracies in crisis in interwar Europe Fritz Stern; Part II. Cultural Aspects: 3. Bowling alone: democracy in America at the end of the twentieth century Robert D. Putnam; 4. On sources of social and political conflicts in follower democracies Atul Kohli; 5. Micro-aspects of democractic theory: what makes for the deliberative competence of citizens Claus Offe; 6. Political Islam and democracy: the case of Algeria Lahouari Addi; Part III. Constitutional Questions: 7. Ways of constitution-making Jon Elster; 8. Back to basics: who really practices majority rule? Arend Lijphart; Part IV. Democracy and Development: 9. Democracy and development Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi; 10. Freedom and economic growth: a virtuous cycle? Surjit S. Bhalla; 11. Democratization and administration Göran Hydén; Part V. Democracy and Globalization: 12. Globalization sovereignty and democracy Jagdish Bhagwati; 13. Dangerous liaisons: the interface of globalization and democracy Claude Ake; 14. Exploring the problematic triumph of liberal democracy and concluding with a modest proposal for improving its international impact Philippe C. Schmitter; Part IV. Promoting Democracy: 15. Promoting democracy in the 1990s: actors instruments and issues Larry Diamond; 16. Can established democracies nurture democracy abroad? Lessons from Africa Joel D. Barkan; 17. Some thoughts on the victory and future of democracy Juan J. Linz.

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