The Democratic Rollback

The Resurgence of the Predatory State

Author: Larry Diamond
March/April 2008
Foreign Affairs

After decades of historic gains, the world has slipped into a democratic recession. Predatory states are on the rise, threatening both nascent and established democracies throughout the world. But this trend can be reversed with the development of good governance and strict accountability and the help of conditional aid from the West.

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