Marc F. Plattner

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2009
Richard Feinberg

The triumph of democracy was arguably the most important development of the twentieth century, in Latin America as elsewhere. But will Latin America now consolidate its representative democracies and build strong, independent institutions and vibrant, watchful civil societies?

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
1999
Lucian W. Pye
Response
Mar/Apr
1998
Marc F. Plattner

Fareed Zakaria is correct to note that liberalism and democracy are distinct, but he fails to realize that each feeds the other.