Introduction / Saliba Sarsar and Rekha Datta
Variation in measures of democracy / Stephen J. Chapman
Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa : changing phases / Julius O. Adekunle
Democracy in transition : political trends in Eastern Europe / Kevin L. Dooley
Democracy at risk : political trends in the recent history of Western Europe / Kenneth L. Campbell
Democracy in Latin America : uneven institutional performance / Kenneth Mitchell and Samuel Maynard
Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa : still little to no progress / Saliba Sarsar
A 'Modi'-fied India : parties, promises, and portends of democracy amidst an uncertain glory / Rekha Datta and Samuel Maynard
Digital authoritarianism in the People's Republic of China / Peter W. Liu and Justin M. Liu
The erosion of democracy in post-Soviet Russia / Thomas S. Pearson
The challenges of American democracy / Joseph Patten
Comparisons of measures of democracy / Stephen J. Chapman
Epilogue / Saliba Sarsar.