Peaceful democratizationtrends in simgle-party-dominant countries / Marco Rimanelli -- political immobilism, clientilism, collapse, and democratic renewal in Italy / Marco Rimanelli -- Greece : the perils of incorporation / Platon N. Rigos -- Democratic transitions : the Portuguese case / Alfred G. Cuzán -- Neo-liberal renovación, democratic transition, and fragmentation : the fall of Spain's socialist hegemony / Anthony N. Celso -- Political polarization and electoral change in Israel / John J. McTague -- Politics, culture, and democratic reform in Japan / John P. Horgan -- The Russian case : élite self-emancipation / Robert V. Barylski -- Out from the cold : peaceful democratization in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic / Beat Kernen -- Evolution and the demise of one-party rule in Nicaragua / Harry E. Vanden -- Mexico : revolution in the revolution? / Waltraud Q. Morales, Corinne B. Young -- Peaceful democratic change in Brazil and Argentina / Franco Mazzella -- The political party system of India : from one-party dominance to no-party dominance / Renu Khator -- Local and provincial elections in Taiwan : appraising steps in democratization / James A. Robinson -- South Africa / Charles W. Arnade, Keith Tankard -- The dilemmas of democracy in Nigeria / Festus Ugboaja Ohaegbulam.