Democracy

<Since its inception the Journal of Democracy has served as the premier venue for scholarship on democratization. The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy book series Democracy: A Reader brings together the seminal works that have appeared in its pages in nearly twenty years of publication.Democracy is in retreat around the world giving renewed relevance and urgency to fundamental questions about the system that nevertheless remains the ideal standard of governance. Contributors ask: What exactly is democracy and what sustains it? What institutions are best suited to a democratic system? Can elections produce undemocratic outcomes? Is democracy a universal value?Democracy: A Reader addresses these important concerns with critical discussions on delegative democracy social capital constitutional design federalism hybrid regimes competitive authoritarianism and more. With such influential contributors as Francis Fukuyama Robert Putnam His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Anwar Ibrahim this is an indispensable resource for students of democracy and instructors at the undergraduate and graduate levels.Contributors: Michael E. Alvarez Nancy Bermeo Russell Bova José Antonio Cheibub Larry Diamond Jørgen Elklit Abdou Filali-Ansary M. Steven Fish Francis Fukuyama His Holiness the Dalai Lama Donald L. Horowitz Anwar Ibrahim Terry Lynn Karl Steven Levitsky Arend Lijphart Fernando Limongi Vali Nasr Guillermo O'Donnell Marc F. Plattner Adam Przeworski Robert D. Putnam Andrew Reynolds Giovanni Sartori Andreas Schedler Philippe C. Schmitter Amartya Sen Alfred Stepan Palle Svensson Nicolas van de Walle Lucan A. Way