附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Theoretical interpretations of democratization; Research design; Empirical analysis of democratization: 1850 1993; Predictions for single countries by regions; Conclusions: Regularities since the 1850s; Appendices; Tatu Vanhanen thesis and the prospects of democracy in Latin America; The democratic anomalies: why some countries that have passed Vanhanen's democratic threshold are not democracies.
