A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor sets this book apart from similar studies on the subject. -Journal of Third World Studies Both radical and convincingly well-informed. -Austrian Journal of Political Science Arat offers a study (whose like is rare in the social sciences) that is genuinely global, theoretically well-grounded and diverse, empirically well-developed, and directly policy-relevent under specified conditions. -Choice | Democracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries by Zehra F. Arat, Paperback | Indigo Chapters