Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Themes and perspectives. I. Theoretical and conceptual perspectives. Democracy for the long haul / Samuel P. Huntington. Toward consolidated democracies / Juan J. Linz & Alfred Stepan. Development and democratic culture / Robert A. Dahl. Illusions about consolidation / Guillermo O'Donnell. Battling the undertow in Latin America / Abraham F. Lowenthal. II. Institutional design. Institutional design and party systems / John M. Carey. Political parties in East Central Europe / Gábor Tóka. Party systems in Taiwan and South Korea / Teh-fu Huang. Designing coherent government / Emerson M.S. Niou & Peter C. Ordeshook. III. Civil-military relations. Toward civilian supremacy in South America / Felipe Agüero. Civil-military relations in Southeast Asia / Harold Crouch. IV. Civil society. Civil society East and West / Philippe C. Schmitter. From opposition to atomization / Aleksander Smolar. Civil society in Africa / E. Gyimah-Boadi. V. Economic development. What makes democracies endure? / Adam Przeworski ... [et al.]. The middle classes and democratization / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao & Hagen Koo --

Regional challenges. I. Regional perspectives. Southern Europe, a third wave success story / P. Nikiforos Diamandouros. Latin America's multiple challenges / Edgardo Boeninger. Russia's rough ride / Michael McFaul. East Asian democracy / James Cotton. II. Taiwan. Taiwan's transformation / Hung-mao Tien. Taiwan, still defying the odds / Thomas B. Gold. Chinese culture and political renewal / Lee Teng-hui. A common commitment to democracy / Lien Chan. Explaining Taiwan's transition / James C.Y. Soong. III. China. "Creeping democratization" in China / Minxin Pei. China's constitutionalist option / Andrew J. Nathan. Can China change? / David S.G. Goodman. China's new wave of nationalism / Ying-shih Yü. IV. External influences. South Korea and Taiwan / Yun-han Chu, Fu Hu & Chung-in Moon. The rise of "political aid" / Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.