Marc F. Plattner

TL;DR: In this article, the issue of horizontal accountability from various angles, examining non-elected, specialized bodies of oversight in government, banking, and other institutions, is examined, and a discussion of conceptual and normative aspects of public accountability is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the global resurgence of democracy and examine its future prospects, dealing mainly with conceptual, historical, institutional and policy issues relevant to a range of countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the special challenges facing democracy in ethnically divided societies and offer a look at the complex relationship between nationalism and democracy, and discuss the role of ethnicity in these challenges.

TL;DR: The third wave of democratization has seen more than 60 countries experience democratic transitions since 1974 as discussed by the authors, and while these countries have succeeded in bringing down authoritarian regimes and replacing them with freely elected governments, few of them can as yet be considered stable democracies.

TL;DR: Plattner et al. as discussed by the authors studied the challenges of liberal democracy in the twenty-first century and pointed out that the world's autocratic regimes have shown a new elan, leading other commentators to speak of the emergence of an "authoritarian capitalist" alternative to democracy.