Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. Theoretical and historical perspectives -- Theories of democratization / Christian Welzel -- Democratic and undemocratic states / Richard Rose -- Measuring democracy and democratization / Patrick Bernhagen -- Long waves and conjunctures of democratization / Dirk Berg-Schlosser -- The global wave of democratization / John Markoff and Daniel Burridge -- Part two. Causes and dimensions of democratization -- The international context / Hakan Yilmaz -- The political economy of democracy / Patrick Bernhagen -- Political culture, mass beliefs, and value change / Christian Welzel and Ronald F. Inglehart -- Gender and democratization / Pamela Paxton and Kristopher Velasco -- Social capital and civil society / Natalia Letki -- Social movements and contention in democratization processes / Federico M. Rossi and Donatella della Porta -- Part three. Actors and institutions -- Conventional citizen participation / Ian McAllister and Stephen White -- Political parties / Leonardo Morlino -- Institutional design in new democracies / Matthijs Bogaards -- The media / Katrin Voltmer and Gary Rawnsley -- Social media / Larry Diamond and Zak Whittington -- A decade of democratic decline and stagnation / Laura Jakli, M. Steven Fish, and Jason Wittenberg -- Part four. Regions of democratization -- Southern Europe / Richard Gunther -- Latin America / Andrea Oelsner and Mervyn Bain -- Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe / Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova -- Post-Soviet Eurasia / Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova -- The Middle East and North Africa / Francesco Cavatorta -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Michael Bratton -- East Asia / Doh Chull Shin and Rollin F. Tusalem -- Part five. Conclusions and outlook -- Conclusion : The future of democratization / Christian Welzel, Ronald Inglehart, Patrick Bernhagen, and Christian W. Haerpfer -- Glossary.