Norbert Kersting is Senior Researcher at the Philipps-University of Marburg. Lasse Cronqvist is Research Assistant at the Philipps-University of Marburg.

• Preface.- Foreword.- Foreword 2.- Comparative Studies: Problem or Solution. The Political Culture of Democratization.- Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Can We Be Optimistic?.- Legitimacy of Democracy.- Stein Rokkan’s Influence on one American Social Scientist and a Discipline.- Case-Oriented Research and the Study of Social Action.- A Causal Analysis of Democratization.- Democracy, Numbers, and Theories.- Status Incongruence: An Expanding Phenomenon.- ‘Secondary Democracy’ in the European Union and the Role of Direct Democracy.- A Changing Political Culture? East-Central Europe in the 1990s.- “Democratizing” Theories of Revolution: Why and How Democrats Rebel.- The Bourgeoisie and Democracy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Europe and Latin America.- Parties, Coalitions and Transitions: The Case of the PPD in Chile.- Contributors.

Norbert Kersting is Senior Researcher at the Philipps-University of Marburg. Lasse Cronqvist is Research Assistant at the Philipps-University of Marburg.

• Preface.- Foreword.- Foreword 2.- Comparative Studies: Problem or Solution. The Political Culture of Democratization.- Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Can We Be Optimistic?.- Legitimacy of Democracy.- Stein Rokkan’s Influence on one American Social Scientist and a Discipline.- Case-Oriented Research and the Study of Social Action.- A Causal Analysis of Democratization.- Democracy, Numbers, and Theories.- Status Incongruence: An Expanding Phenomenon.- ‘Secondary Democracy’ in the European Union and the Role of Direct Democracy.- A Changing Political Culture? East-Central Europe in the 1990s.- “Democratizing” Theories of Revolution: Why and How Democrats Rebel.- The Bourgeoisie and Democracy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Europe and Latin America.- Parties, Coalitions and Transitions: The Case of the PPD in Chile.- Contributors.

Norbert Kersting is Senior Researcher at the Philipps-University of Marburg. Lasse Cronqvist is Research Assistant at the Philipps-University of Marburg.

• Preface.- Foreword.- Foreword 2.- Comparative Studies: Problem or Solution. The Political Culture of Democratization.- Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Can We Be Optimistic?.- Legitimacy of Democracy.- Stein Rokkan’s Influence on one American Social Scientist and a Discipline.- Case-Oriented Research and the Study of Social Action.- A Causal Analysis of Democratization.- Democracy, Numbers, and Theories.- Status Incongruence: An Expanding Phenomenon.- ‘Secondary Democracy’ in the European Union and the Role of Direct Democracy.- A Changing Political Culture? East-Central Europe in the 1990s.- “Democratizing” Theories of Revolution: Why and How Democrats Rebel.- The Bourgeoisie and Democracy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Europe and Latin America.- Parties, Coalitions and Transitions: The Case of the PPD in Chile.- Contributors.