Stein Ugelvik Larson is professor of comparative politics at the University of Bergen in Norway.

• Preface, by Stein Ugelvik Larsen 1. On the general conditions for democracy, by Seymour Martin Lipset 2. Neo-corporatism and the consolidation of Neo-democracy, by Philippe C. Schmitter 3. Changing values and changing societies: The impact of mass belief systems on political change, by Ronald Inglehart 4. East European exceptionalism as a challenge to democratization, by Claus Offe 5. Incommensurability? On the comparison of Eastern and Southern regime changes, by Harald Waldrauch 6. Post-Communist Russia: Democratic transitions and transition theories, by Andrei Melville 7. Integrative strategies for the study of regime change, by James Mahoney and Richard Snyder 8. The Polish Round Table: A game theory analysis, by Josep M. Colomer 9. The East German transition games, by Kurt-Henning Tvedt 10. Coalition games as stabilizing or destabilizing factors during the Great Depression, by Ekkart Zimmerman 11. The Russian Transition: An Integrative Approach, by Natalja Altermark 12. Is there an optimal model for democracy?, by Miroslav Novak 13. Advanced totalitarianism: The most obvious contradiction to democracy?, by Klaus-Dietmar Henke 14. Anticipations of the failure of communism, by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gyorgy Benche 15. Challenges to democratic theory, by Stein Ugelvik Larsen Presentation of Authors Index

Stein Ugelvik Larson is professor of comparative politics at the University of Bergen in Norway.

• Preface, by Stein Ugelvik Larsen 1. On the general conditions for democracy, by Seymour Martin Lipset 2. Neo-corporatism and the consolidation of Neo-democracy, by Philippe C. Schmitter 3. Changing values and changing societies: The impact of mass belief systems on political change, by Ronald Inglehart 4. East European exceptionalism as a challenge to democratization, by Claus Offe 5. Incommensurability? On the comparison of Eastern and Southern regime changes, by Harald Waldrauch 6. Post-Communist Russia: Democratic transitions and transition theories, by Andrei Melville 7. Integrative strategies for the study of regime change, by James Mahoney and Richard Snyder 8. The Polish Round Table: A game theory analysis, by Josep M. Colomer 9. The East German transition games, by Kurt-Henning Tvedt 10. Coalition games as stabilizing or destabilizing factors during the Great Depression, by Ekkart Zimmerman 11. The Russian Transition: An Integrative Approach, by Natalja Altermark 12. Is there an optimal model for democracy?, by Miroslav Novak 13. Advanced totalitarianism: The most obvious contradiction to democracy?, by Klaus-Dietmar Henke 14. Anticipations of the failure of communism, by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gyorgy Benche 15. Challenges to democratic theory, by Stein Ugelvik Larsen Presentation of Authors Index