Thirteen former presidents and prime ministers discuss how they helped their countries end authoritarian rule and achieve democracy. National leaders who played

Fifteen case studies by scholars and practitioners demonstrate the synergy between domestic and international influences that can precipitate democratic transit

Are the factors that initiate democratization the same as those that maintain a democracy already established? The scholarly and policy debates over this questi

Contributors to this book are particularly interested in expanding our understanding of what helps, or hurts, successful democratic transition attempts in count

The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democra