ROBERT WESSON is editor of the Hoover Institution series Politics in Latin America and the Democracy in the World series of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

• Preface Introduction Western Europe by Dennis A. Kavanagh North America by Martin P. Wattenberg Latin America and the Caribbean by John D. Martz Sub-Saharan Africa by Larry Diamond North Africa and the Middle East by Glenn E. Perry South Asia by Douglas C. Makeig Far East and Pacific by Edward A. Olsen The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by David E. Powell Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Contributors

ROBERT WESSON is editor of the Hoover Institution series Politics in Latin America and the Democracy in the World series of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

• Preface Introduction Western Europe by Dennis A. Kavanagh North America by Martin P. Wattenberg Latin America and the Caribbean by John D. Martz Sub-Saharan Africa by Larry Diamond North Africa and the Middle East by Glenn E. Perry South Asia by Douglas C. Makeig Far East and Pacific by Edward A. Olsen The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by David E. Powell Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Contributors

ROBERT WESSON is editor of the Hoover Institution series Politics in Latin America and the Democracy in the World series of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

• Preface Introduction Western Europe by Dennis A. Kavanagh North America by Martin P. Wattenberg Latin America and the Caribbean by John D. Martz Sub-Saharan Africa by Larry Diamond North Africa and the Middle East by Glenn E. Perry South Asia by Douglas C. Makeig Far East and Pacific by Edward A. Olsen The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by David E. Powell Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Contributors