1. Victory and crisis: introduction / Axel Hadenius -- 2. The new democracies in crisis in interwar Europe / Fritz Stern -- 3. Democracy in America at century's end / Robert D. Putnam -- 4. On sources of social and political conflicts in follower democracies / Atul Kohli -- 5. Micro-aspects of democratic theory: what makes for the deliberative competence of citizens / Claus Offe -- 6. Political Islam and democracy: the case of Algeria / Lahouari Addi -- 7. Ways of constitution-making / Jon Elster -- 8. Back to democratic basics: who really practices majority rule? / Arend Lijphart -- 9. Democracy and development / Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi -- 10. Freedom and economic growth: a virtuous cycle? / Surjit S. Bhalla -- 11. Democratization and administration / Goran Hyden -- 12. Globalization, sovereignty, and democracy / Jagdish Bhagwati -- 13. Dangerous liaisons: the interface of globalization and democracy / Claude Ake -- 14. Exploring the problematic triumph of liberal democracy and concluding with a modest proposal for improving its international impact / Philippe C. Schmitter -- 15. Promoting democracy in the 1990s: actors, instruments, and issues / Larry Diamond -- 16. Can established democracies nurture democracy abroad? Lessons from Africa / Joel D. Barkan -- 17. Some thoughts on the victory and future of democracy / Juan J. Linz.