Vol. 29, No. 3, Transitions to Democracy: A Special Issue in Memory of Dankwart A. Rustow (Apr., 1997), pp. 263-283 (21 pages) Published By: Comparative Politics, Ph.D. Programs in Political Science, ...

In spite of the broad-ranging nature of the literature on democratic transitions, it is possible to provide a general assessment of the state of the literature. This review stresses a series of ...