This is the first textbook comprehensively to explore and explain the story of democratization in the modern world.

Preface. Part I: Framework for Analysis: . 1. Explaining Democratization: David Potter. Part II: Europe and the USA: . Introduction. 2. Democracy in the a long nineteenth centurya : 1760--1919: David Goldblatt. 3. The Crisis of Modern Democracy, 1919--45: Richard Bessel. 4. Democracy in Europe: 1939--89: David Goldblatt. 5. Democracy in the USA Since 1945: Richard Maidment. Afterword. Part III: Latin America and Asia:. Introduction. 6. Democracy and Dictatorship in Latin America, 1930--80: Paul Cammack. 7. Democratization in Latin America, 1980--95: Walter Little. 8. Why have the Political Trajectories of Inda and China been Different?: Vicky Randall. 9. Democratization at the Same Time in South Korea and Taiwan. 10. Why has Democratization been a Weaker Impulse in Indonesia and Malaysia than in the Philippines?: James Putzel. Afterword. Part IV: Africa and the Middle East: . Introduction. 11. The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Democracy in Sub--Saharan Africa: John A. Wiseman. 12. South Africa: Democracy Delayed: Margaret Kiloh. 13. Middle East Exceptionalism -- Myth or Reality?: Simon Bromley. 14. Islam and Democracy: Nazih N. Ayubi. 15. Israel: Constraints on Consolidation: Michael Dumper. Afterword. Part V: Communist and Post--Communist Countries: . Introduction. 16. Democratization in Eastern Europe. 17. Asiaa s Troubled Transition: Stephen White. 18. Political Participation in Post--Communist Democracies: Paul Lewis. 19. Nationalism, Community and Democratic Transition in Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. 20. Political Change in Vietnam: Martin Gainsborough. Afterword. Part VI: Conclusion: . 21. From Democratization to Democratic Consolidation: Adrian Leftwich. Acknowledgements. Index.