DANIEL N. NELSON is director of the Graduate Program in International Programs at Old Dominion University. He recently served as the Senior Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor for Representative Richard Gephardt and was a foreign policy consultant in Senator Tom Harkin's presidential campaign. Previously, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Eendowment writing on Eastern Europe and European security and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky.

• Introduction: After Authoritarianism by Daniel N. Nelson The Newer Democracies: From the Time of Triumph to the Time of Troubles by Robert A. Dahl Opposing Authoritarianism, Building Democracy: Case Studies The Transition Towards Democracy in a Developing Country: The Case of Argentina by Raul Alfonsin The Rise of Public Legitimation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by Daniel N. Nelson China at the Crossroads: Between Democracy and Dictatorship by Liu Binvan The Fragility of Democracy: The Case of Zaire by Floribert Chebeya Security and Democracy: European and Global Perspectives Refashioning Space and Security in Europe: Order Versus Disorder by Simon Serfaty Post Communist Europe: Back from the Abyss? by Regina Karp Containing Ethnic Conflict by Charles William Maynes Leadership in a Transitional World: The Challenge of Keeping the Peace by Paul David Miller Conclusion Dangers of Democratization by Daniel N. Nelson

DANIEL N. NELSON is director of the Graduate Program in International Programs at Old Dominion University. He recently served as the Senior Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor for Representative Richard Gephardt and was a foreign policy consultant in Senator Tom Harkin's presidential campaign. Previously, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Eendowment writing on Eastern Europe and European security and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky.

• Introduction: After Authoritarianism by Daniel N. Nelson The Newer Democracies: From the Time of Triumph to the Time of Troubles by Robert A. Dahl Opposing Authoritarianism, Building Democracy: Case Studies The Transition Towards Democracy in a Developing Country: The Case of Argentina by Raul Alfonsin The Rise of Public Legitimation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by Daniel N. Nelson China at the Crossroads: Between Democracy and Dictatorship by Liu Binvan The Fragility of Democracy: The Case of Zaire by Floribert Chebeya Security and Democracy: European and Global Perspectives Refashioning Space and Security in Europe: Order Versus Disorder by Simon Serfaty Post Communist Europe: Back from the Abyss? by Regina Karp Containing Ethnic Conflict by Charles William Maynes Leadership in a Transitional World: The Challenge of Keeping the Peace by Paul David Miller Conclusion Dangers of Democratization by Daniel N. Nelson

DANIEL N. NELSON is director of the Graduate Program in International Programs at Old Dominion University. He recently served as the Senior Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor for Representative Richard Gephardt and was a foreign policy consultant in Senator Tom Harkin's presidential campaign. Previously, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Eendowment writing on Eastern Europe and European security and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky.

• Introduction: After Authoritarianism by Daniel N. Nelson The Newer Democracies: From the Time of Triumph to the Time of Troubles by Robert A. Dahl Opposing Authoritarianism, Building Democracy: Case Studies The Transition Towards Democracy in a Developing Country: The Case of Argentina by Raul Alfonsin The Rise of Public Legitimation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by Daniel N. Nelson China at the Crossroads: Between Democracy and Dictatorship by Liu Binvan The Fragility of Democracy: The Case of Zaire by Floribert Chebeya Security and Democracy: European and Global Perspectives Refashioning Space and Security in Europe: Order Versus Disorder by Simon Serfaty Post Communist Europe: Back from the Abyss? by Regina Karp Containing Ethnic Conflict by Charles William Maynes Leadership in a Transitional World: The Challenge of Keeping the Peace by Paul David Miller Conclusion Dangers of Democratization by Daniel N. Nelson