Democratic Challenge

JORGE NEF is Director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies and Professor of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida, USA. BERND REITER is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of South Florida, USA.

• Democracy as an Idea and as a ProcessFormal and Substantive DemocracyMyths and Misconceptions About DemocracyPopular Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the Limits of Liberal DemocracyDemocracy and InsecurityPoverty, Inequity and DemocracyGlobal Regimes, Governability and DemocratizationDemocracy, Authoritarianism and De-DemocratizationConclusion: The Crisis of Democracy Revisited.

'A compelling analysis of the concept of democracy and of the challenges it faces in the contemporary era. The Democratic Challenge should thus prove of great interest both for those engaged in debates over democratic theory and those concerned with its fate in today's world.' - Douglas Kellner, UCLA and author of Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy