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Over the past century, democracy spread around the world in turbulent bursts of change, sweeping across national borders in dramatic cascades of revolution and reform. 'Aftershocks' offers a detailed explanation for this wavelike spread and retreatnot only of democracy but also …
Over the past century, democracy spread around the world in turbulent bursts of change, sweeping across national borders in dramatic cascades of revolution and reform. Aftershocks is the first book to offer a detailed explanation for this wavelike spread and retreat--not only of…
"To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice to emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe, and it has attempted to remove undemocratic regimes through political pressure, economic sanctions, and milit…
"To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice to emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe, and it has attempted to remove undemocratic regimes through political pressure, economic sanctions, and milit…
Will the Arab world's struggle for change succeed in building open societies, or will authoritarian regimes regain their grip? Lynch follows the struggles from Tunisia and Egypt to Yemen, Syria, and Libya, and to the cautious reforms of the region's monarchies, and reveals how A…
Will the Arab world's struggle for change succeed in building open societies, or will authoritarian regimes regain their grip? Lynch follows the struggles from Tunisia and Egypt to Yemen, Syria, and Libya, and to the cautious reforms of the region's monarchies, and reveals how A…
Time Magazine named Tariq Ramadan one of the most important innovators of the twenty-first century. A Muslim intellectual and prolific author, he has won global renown for his reflections on Islam and the contemporary challenges in both the Muslim majority societies and the West…
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 elections in a variety of countries. But when more organizations join the practice without uniform stan…
