| Table des matières |
| | List of figures | ix |
| | List of tables | x |
| | Acknowledgments | xi |
| 1. | Introduction: in search of democracy | 1 |
| pt. I | The dynamics and foundations of democracy | 31 |
| 2. | The quality of democracy / Leonardo Morlino | 33 |
| 3. | Measuring democracy / William Gallery | 46 |
| 4. | Is democracy in decline? | 76 |
| 5. | Why democracies survive | 101 |
| 6. | Civil society and democratic consolidation | 118 |
| 7. | Liberation technology | 132 |
| 8. | Hybrid regimes | 147 |
| 9. | Why are there no Arab democracies? | 160 |
| pt. II | In search of democracy in Africa | 173 |
| 10. | Class formation in the swollen African state | 175 |
| 11. | Class, ethnicity, and the democratic state: Nigeria, 1950--1966 | 203 |
| 12. | Issues in the constitutional design of a Third Nigerian Republic | 234 |
| 13. | The rule of law versus the big man | 252 |
| 14. | Promoting real reform in Africa | 264 |
| 15. | Petroleum to the people: Africa's coming resource curse---and how to avoid it / Jack Mosbacher | 293 |
| pt. III | In search of democracy in Asia | 305 |
| 16. | The coming wave of East Asian democracy | 307 |
| 17. | Why China's democratic transition will differ from Taiwan's | 316 |
| 18. | Hong Kong's democratic prospects | 334 |
| 19. | Indonesia's place in global democracy | 349 |
| 20. | Burma's political opening | 371 |
| pt. IV | Promoting democracy: policy implications | 383 |
| 21. | Empowering the poor: what does democracy have to do with it? | 385 |
| 22. | Promoting democracy in postconflict and failed states | 398 |
| 23. | Promoting democracy: enduring tensions and new opportunities | 419 |
| | Appendix | 447 |
| | Index | 451 |
