Table of Contents

Acknowldgments
Introduction
I. Dimensions of Democratic Quality
1. Why the Rule of Law Matters
2. The Ambiguous Virtues of Accountability
3. Freedom as the Foundation
4. Addressing Inequality
5. The Chain of Responsiveness
6. A Skeptical Perspective
II. Comparative Case Studies
7. Italy and Spain
8. Chile and Brazil
9. Bangladesh and India
10. South korea and Taiwan
11. Poland and Romania
12. Ghana and South Africa
Index

About the Author

Larry Diamond is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Leonardo Morlino is a professor of political science at the University of Florence and director of the Research Centre on Southern Europe and author of Democrazie e Democratizzazioni.

Reviews

An important milestone in the study of democratic quality, and an excellent resource for both scholarly researchers and graduate courses on comparative democracy and democratization. -- Daunis Auerson Political Studies Review