Do societal inequalities limit the effectiveness of democratic regimes? And if so, why? And how? Addressing this question, Bernd Reiter focuses on the role of s
This book explains why some countries succeed in installing democracy after authoritarian rule, and why some of these new democracies make progress toward conso
Many countries have experimented with different electoral rules in order either to increase involvement in the political system or make it easier to form stable
In the 1980s, Brazil emerged from two decades of military dictatorship and embarked on an experiment in full democracy for the first time in the nation's histor
William Nylen begins by discussing North Americans' love-hate relationship with politics and politicians, then shows how Brazilians feel the same way (as do man