Democracies in danger /
Stepan, Alfred C.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: undertheorized political problems in the founding democratization literature / Alfred Stepan -- Civil society, Islam, and ethnocommunal conflict / Ashutosh Varshney -- Debating secession peacefully and democratically: the case of Canada / Richard Simeon -- The new "double challenge": democratic control and efficacy of military, police, and intelligence / Felipe Agüero -- Beyond threats to democracy from the armed forces, police, and intelligence: the Spanish case / Narcís Serra -- Latin America's interrupted presidencies: alternatives? / Arturo Valenzuela -- The predicament of semi-presidentialism / Timothy J. Colton and Cindy Skach -- Conclusion: the way forward / Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
Democracy.
Democratization.
Political stability.