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Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
August 2018
In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups.
In Search of Democracy
July 2015
This book evaluates the global status and prospects of democracy, with an emphasis on the quality of democratic institutions and the effectiveness of governance as key conditions for stable...
Whither Russia? Autocracy Is Here for Now, but Is It Here to Stay?
December 2012
Judging from some of the titles of recent books on Russia—for example, Richard Sakwa's The Crisis of Russian Democracy, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova's Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism inside...
The Russo-Georgian war and beyond: towards a European great power concert
March 2012
Abstract The brief war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008 provoked vigorous international reactions among the European states as consequence of the sudden shift in the strategic balance....
Varieties of Clientelism: Machine Politics During Elections
October 2010
Clientelist parties (or political machines) engage in a variety of strategies during elections.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Islamist Militancy in South Asia
January 2010
Throughout its history, Pakistan has deliberately used non-state actors as a strategy of asymmetric warfare against stronger adversaries such as India and the Soviet Union.
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World
December 2009
This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to examine in depth three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven...
Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies
August 2009
European and American experts systematically compare U.S.
Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies (Governance and Limited Statehood)
August 2009
European and American experts systematically compare U.S.
The September 2004 Beslan Terrorist Incident: New Findings
July 2009
In 2006, I published a book containing a lengthy chapter entitled "Beslan: Russia's 9/11?" that was devoted to the September 2004 Beslan hostage crisis.
Youth Movements in Post-Communist Societies: A Model of Nonviolent Resistance
June 2009
Over the past decade, the rise of youth movements applying nonviolent methods of resistance against autocratic incumbents occurred in the post-Soviet region.
Over-Managed Democracy: Evaluating Vladimir Putin's Presidency
May 2009
Russia today is best characterized as an over-managed democracy, where elites pay lip service to democratic norms while actively working to undermine them.
Russia and the Global Financial Crisis: The End of "Putinism"?
April 2009
Given the dramatic change in Russia's economic circumstances a year after Medvedev's ascendancy to president and Putin's move to the office of prime minister, now is a particularly appropriate time...
Domestic and International Influences on the Collapse of the Soviet Union (1991) and Russia's Initial Transition to Democracy (1993)
March 2009
Before the democracy promotion efforts of Iraq or Afghanistan in the early 21st century, there was the Soviet Union in the late 20th century.
Why Workers Mobilize: Working Conditions and Activism Attitudes
January 2009
Various forms of sabotage and corruption that stem from workers' inability to voice their discontent at perceived injustices any other way have cost the Soviet and post- Soviet societies dearly....
Azerbaijan's 2005 Parliamentary Elections: A Failed Attempt at Transition
September 2008
The 2005 elections in Azerbaijan qualify as a failed transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
International Actors, Democratization, and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy?
July 2008
Do external factors facilitate or hamper domestic democratic development?
The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World
January 2008
In his new book, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World (Times Books 2008), Larry Diamond intensely scrutinizes the global effort on democracy promotion....
Myth of the Authoritarian Model, The
January 2008
A growing conventional wisdom holds that Vladimir Putin's attack on democracy has brought Russia stability and prosperity -- providing a new model of successful market authoritarianism.
Ukraine Imports Democracy
October 2007
The United States and the European Union spend roughly $1.5 billion per year on democracy promotion, but how effective are such external efforts?
Constructing Self-Enforcing Federalism in the Early United States and Modern Russia
April 2007
All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the subnational units; and too weak a center risks free-riding that makes the system fall...
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