Presents a theoretically and methodologically sophisticated remapping and analysis of political-institutional power diffusion in democracies.

This book explores the course and causes of the worldwide diffusion of democracy through an assessment of the political and economic development of individual c

Defining Democracy reveals the history of a little-known experiment in urban democracy begun in New York City during the Great Depression and abolished amid the

Departing from the established literature connecting the political-institutional patterns of democracy with the quality of democracy, this book acknowledges tha

The explosive spread of democracy has radically transformed the international political landscape and captured the attention of academics, policy makers, and ac