Four leading experts on democracy—Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, Donald L. Horowitz, and Marc F. Plattner—discuss the relevance of the "transition paradigm" in light of the "Arab Spring" and other developments in the world today.
Plattner, Marc F.: Competing goals, conflicting perspectives. - S. 42-56. Mény, Yves: The achievements of the convention. - S. 57-70. Schmitter, Philippe C.: Democracy in Europe and Europe's democratization. - S. 71-85. Habermas, Jürgen: Toward a cosmopolitan Europe. - S. 86-100. Dahrendorf, Ralf: The challenge for democracy. - S. 101-114
Diamond, L ; Morlino, L.: An overview. - S. 20-31. O'Donnell, G.: Why the rule of law matters. - S. 32-46. Schnitter, P. C.: The ambiguous virtues of accountability. - S. 47-61. Beetham, D.: Freedom as the foundation. - S. 61-75. Rueschemeyer, D.: Addressing inequality. - S. 76-90. Powell, G. B. (jr.): The chain of responsiveness. - S. 91-105. Plattner, M. F.: A skeptical afterword. - S. 106-110
Sander, Thomas H. ; Putnam, Robert D.: Still bowling alone? The post- 9/11 split. - S. 9-16 Schmitter, Philippe C.: Twenty-five years, fifteen findings. - S. 17-28 O'Donnell, Guillermo: Schmitter's retrospective : a few dissenting notes. - S. 29-32 Fukuyama, Francis: Transitions to the rule of law. - S. 33-44 Whitehead, Laurence: The crash of '08. - S. 45-56 Levitsky, Steven ; Way, Lucan A.: Why democracy needs a level playing field. - S. 57-68 Schedler, Andreas: Authoritarianism's last line of defense. - S. 69-80 Plattner, Marc F.: Populism, pluralism, and liberal democracy. - S. 81-92 Diamond, Larry: Why are there no Arab democracies? - S. 93-104