Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies investigates the problems facing democracies around the world as they transition to this new form of government.

Beginning with a penetrating analysis of party shortcomings in developing and post-communist countries, Thomas Carothers draws on extensive field research to di

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In today’s liberal democracies, does the political process focus on the people, or on the political leaders representing them? Building upon the ideas of Jose

How does a government get the people to accept its authority? Every government must make unpopular demands on its citizens; the challenge is that power is not e