The Global Resurgence of Democracy (A Journal of Democracy Book)

The Global Resurgence of Democracy (A Journal of Democracy Book)

by Larry Diamond (Editor), Marc F . Plattner (Editor)

Synopsis

In its first edition, The Global Resurgence of Democracy brought together essays on democratization written from 1989 to 1991 by internationally prominent scholars, intellectuals, and political leaders. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition extends that work with a wealth of fresh material on a wide range of conceptual, historical, institutional, and policy issues.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: second edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 23 Jul 1996

ISBN 10: 0801853052
ISBN 13: 9780801853050

Media Reviews
This is an anthology of articles from The Journal of Democracy, a quarterly sponsored by the quasi-official National Endowment for Democracy. For those unfamiliar with it, the Journal of Democracy since its founding four years ago has published some of the best contemporary writing on the subject of modern liberal democracy. * Foreign Affairs *
A useful compilation popularizing the work of an influential journal... The Journal of Democracy is an effective tribune for mainstream U.S. thinking on these issues. * Political Studies *
Author Bio
Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he directs the International Forum for Democratic Studies. They serve as coeditors of the Journal of Democracy.