Judicial Reform and Democratic Consolidation in Indonesia

Democratic Consolidation and Human Rights in Brazil

Thirteen years ago the authoritarian regime in Brazil came to an end and the civilian transition government was installed. Three years later the Constitution of 1988 was promulgated with the most comprehensive and specific bill of rights in Brazilian political history. Today, despite the democratic guarantees in effect since then, the country is still ravaged by systemic violence in which the a...

First Steps to Judicial Reform

Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India

Institutions, Path Dependence, and Democratic Consolidation

Formal political institutions have been assigned two roles in democratization theorizing: as contingent effects of strategic interaction and as predictable bases for democratic consolidation. These roles might be reconciled if we assume that institutions become persistent once in place. But patterns of behavior surrounding these institutions do not appear to conform to the expectations of path ...

Democratic Principle and Electoral College Reform