Juan J. Linz

Professor Juan J Linz

Alfred Stepan

Alfred (Wallace Sayre Professor of Government Stepan, Columbia University)

Wallace Sayre Professor Alfred Stepan

Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation

Yossi Shain

Lynn Berat

Interim Governments in Democratic Transitions

Between States

Yogendra Yadav

Empirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy.

India and Other Multinational Democracies

Crafting State-Nations

H. E.. Chehabi

Houchang E. Chehabi

Professor Houchang E Chehabi

Authoritarian governments are often based on raw power sustained by fear of punishment and hope of reward. This text identifies common characteristics of such regimes, comparing them to totalitarian and authoritarian forms of government, and tracing common patterns for their genesis and demise.

Sultanistic Regimes

Arturo Valenzuela

"With a superb cast of contributors and a well-chosen sample of countries, The Failure of Presidential Democracy treats a central issue in the world today, as more and more countries try to construct durable democracies. It also reflects the new emphasis in political science on institutions, an area that has been sorely neglected in Latin American studies. Indeed, the book fills a huge informational and analytical gap on institutional arrangements in Latin American political systems. This is a stimulating, thoughtful, and relevant book-well suited to classroom use in courses on comparative politics and Latin American politics."-Paul W. Drake, University of California, San Diego. Complete Edition.

The Failure of Presidential Democracy

Crisis, Breakdown and Reequilibration. An Introduction

The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes

Juan J. Linz

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