New Classics on Democracy

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This page presents a list of new books on empirical democratic theory that have been suggested by faculty of the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC Irvine. This listing will be updated periodically as CSD faculty identify important new books on democratization and democratic politics. We also welcome your suggestions on the electronic form at the end of the list.

Making Votes Count Gary Cox/ Paperback / Published 1997

On Democracy Robert Dahl/ Paperback / Published 1999

Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Regional Larry Diamond et al./ Hardcover / Published 1997


Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Theoretical Larry Diamond et al./ Hardcover / Published 1997

To Craft Democracies Giuseppe DiPalma / Paperback / Published 1990

The End of History and the Last Man Francis Fukuyama / Paperback / Published 1993

The Political Economy of Democratic Transition Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman / Paperback / Published 1995

The Third Wave Samuel Huntington/ Paperback / Published 1990

Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society Ronald Inglehart/ Paperback / Published 1990

Citizens and the State Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Dieter Fuchs/ Hardcopy / Published 1995

Identity in Formation David Laitin/ Paperback / Published 1998

Patterns of Democracy Arend Lijphart/ Paperback / Published 1999

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan, eds. / Paperback / Published 1996

The Rational Public Benjamin Page and Robert Shapiro / Paperback / Published 1992

Democracy and Development Adam Przeworski et al. editors/ Paperback / Published 2000

Democracy and the Market Adam Przeworski/ Paperback / Published 1991

Making Democracy Work Robert Putnam/ Paperback / Published 1994

Bowling Alone Robert Putnam/ Paperback / Published 2000

Capitalist Development and Democracy Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Stephens and John Stephens/ Paperback / Published 1992

Presidents and Assemblies Matthew Shugart and John Carey / Paperback / Published 1992

Coercion, Capital and European States Charles Tilly / Hardcover / Published 1992

Voice and Equality Sidney Verba, Kay Schlozman and Henry Brady / Hardcover / Published 1996

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