Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science …

The U.S is committed to supporting democracy in the Arab world during the Bush administration after the failure in the … collide, however, the U.S's democracy commitments are perceived to suffer. The author presents recommendations for an improved … relationship between the U.S and the Arab world, with a focus on a long-term, flexible and credible support for democracy building …

the specific field of human rights and democracy promotion in the current changing global order. It examines recent … rights and democracy in the current multi-polar order …

exchange for their votes. That practice undermines the functioning of democracy but is pervasive in many parts of the world …

meaningless shams or engines of democratization. Comparison of the experiences of South Korea and Taiwan can offer insight into …

Under what conditions do elections lead to democratization or conversely, sustain authoritarianism? State capacity may …. This paper tests these expectations using Varieties of Democracy data for 460 elections in 110 authoritarian regimes from …

This article summarizes some of the key findings from a forthcoming book, Democratization by Elections: A New Mode of … from the book that highlights some of the ways in which repetition of elections can serve both democratization and its … elections may be broadly said to serve as causal factors in both democratization and its reverse: “autocratization.” Electoral …