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Overview

Marc F. Plattner is affiliated with the National Endowment for Democracy in the United States. Their work in the field of democracy and political studies is reflected in several recent publications focused on democratic processes and contemporary challenges.

Their recent papers include:

  • Democracy Embattled (2020), published in Journal of democracy
  • The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel (2021), published in Journal of democracy
  • Carl Gershman and the Struggle for Democracy (2021), published in Journal of democracy

All three papers appeared in the Journal of democracy, which is the frequent publication venue for Plattner's work.

Their contributions mainly address issues related to democratic governance, meritocracy debates, and the struggles surrounding democracy promotion.

Frequent publication venues:

  • Journal of democracy

Best Publications

  • The Self Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies

    Andreas Schedler;Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies

    Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Yun-han Chu;Hung-mao Tien

  • The Global Resurgence of Democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Nationalism, ethnic conflict, and democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Populism, Pluralism, and Liberal Democracy

    Marc F. Plattner

  • Civil-Military Relations and Democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Islam and Democracy in the Middle East

    Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Daniel Brumberg

  • Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives

    Adrian Marriage;Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Yunhan Chu

  • Democratization in Africa

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Is Democracy in Decline

    Marc F. Plattner

  • Liberation technology : social media and the struggle for democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • The Global Divergence of Democracies

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy

    Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Christopher Walker

  • Electoral systems and democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Illiberal Democracy and the Struggle on the Right

    Marc F. Plattner

  • Economic reform and democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Liberalism and Democracy: Can't Have One Without the Other

    Marc F. Plattner

  • How people view democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Democracy in East Asia

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Democratization in Africa : progress and retreat

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • A Quarter Century of Declining Confidence

    Susan J. Pharr;Robert D. Putnam;Russell J. Dalton;Larry Diamond

  • Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: An Introduction

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Islam and Democracy in the Middle East

    L. Carl Brown;Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Daniel Blumberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Yun-han Chu
Yun-han Chu National Taiwan University
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama Stanford University
Donald L. Horowitz
Donald L. Horowitz Duke University
Andrew Reynolds
Andrew Reynolds University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew J. Nathan
Andrew J. Nathan Columbia University
Juan J. Linz
Juan J. Linz Yale University
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
Andreas Schedler
Andreas Schedler Central European University
Matthijs Bogaards
Matthijs Bogaards Central European University

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