TABLE OF CONTENTS

Why National Identity Matters
Francis Fukuyama

Democracy's "Near Misses"
Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq

Latin America's Shifting Politics
I. Mexico's Party System Under Stress
Kenneth F. Greene and Mariano Sanchez-Talanquer

II. The Fading of Costa Rica's Old Parties
Forrest D. Colburn and Arturo Cruz S.

III. The Peace Process and Colombia's Elections
Laura Gamboa

IV. Virtue, Fortune, and Failure in Peru
Alberto Vergara

V. Ecuador After Correa
Carlos de la Torre

VI. The Lessons of Bolivia
Jean-Paul Faguet

VII. Democratic Survival and Weakness
Steven Levitsky

The Downfall of Malaysia's Ruling Party
Sophie Lemiere

The Surprising Instability of Competitive Authoritarianism
Christopher Carothers

Liberal Democracy's Crisis of Confidence
Richard Wike and Janell Fetterolf

Understanding Authoritarian Regionalism
Alexander Libman and Anastassia V. Abydenkova

Review Essay
Why Tunisia?
Tarek Masoud