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Book SynopsisSchmitter, Amartya Sen, Alfred Stepan, Palle Svensson, Nicolas van de Walle, Lucan A. Way
Trade ReviewIn all, this is an excellent book for students of politics, and would also be a great benefit to many of democracy's practitioners. -- Prof. Damien Kingsbury Forum 2010
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: What is Democracy?
Chapter 1. What Democracy Is...And Is Not
Chapter 2. What Makes Elections Free and Fair?
Chapter 3. Delegative Democracy
Chapter 4. How Far Can Free Government Travel?
Chapter 5. From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy
Part II: What Sustains Democracy?
Chapter 6. Three Paradoxes of Democracy
Chapter 7. What Makes Democracies Endure?
Chapter 8. Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital
Chapter 9. Religion, Democracy, and the "Twin Tolerations"
Part III: What Institutions Work Best?
Chapter 10. Constitutional Design for Divided Societies
Chapter 11. Federalism and Democracy: Beyong the U.S. Model
Chapter 12. The Import of Institutions
Chapter 13. Constitutional Courts: A Primer for Decision Makers
Chapter 14. Stronger Legislatures, Stronger Democracies
Chapter 15. Constitutional Medicine
Part IV: Elections Without Democracy?
Chapter 16. Thinking About Hybrid Regimes
Chapter 17. The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism
Chapter 18. The Menu of Manipulation
Chapter 19. Africa's Range of Regimes
Chapter 20. International Linkage and Democratization
Part V: Is Democacy a Universal Value?
Chapter 21. Democracy as a Univeral Value
Chapter 22. Democracy and Liberty: The Cultural Connection
Chapter 23. Confucianism and Democracy
Chapter 24. Buddhism, Asian Values, and Democracy
Chapter 25. Muslims and Democracy
Chapter 27. The Rise of "Muslim Democracy"
Index
