The Making and Unmaking of Democracy

Abstract

Introduction Conditions for Athenian Democracy Josiah Ober, Princeton University Republic and Democracy: on early Modern Origins of Democratic Theory Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University Institutions and Ideas: Planting the Roots of Democracy in Early Modern Europe Theodore K. Rabb, Princeton University Hope, Disappointment, and Self-Restraint: Reflections on the Democratic Experiment Anne Sa'adah, Dartmouth College Democracy in Spain: Two Paradigms Edward Malefakis, Columbia University Democracy in the European Union Ezra Sulaiman, Princeton University Potamkin Democracy Stephen Holmes, New York University Democracy in Turkey Bernard Lewis, Princeton University Recasting the Primacy of Politics in Israeli Democracy Asher Arian, CUNY Prospects for Democracy in Tropical Africa Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University The Nature of South African Democracy: Political Dominance and Economic Inequality Jeffrey Herbst, Princeton University Genealogies of Indian Democracy Gyan Prakash, Princeton University East Asian Demographic Transitions Kent E. Calder, Princeton University Capitalism and Democracy in South America Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University Democratic Pathways: Crossroads, Detours, Dear Ends in Central America Deborah J. Yashar, Princeton University The Possibilities of Democracy in America Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University Conclusion