This page presents a list of new books on empirical democratic theory that have been suggested by faculty of the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC Irvine. This listing will be updated periodically as CSD faculty identify important new books on democratization and democratic politics. We also welcome your suggestions on the electronic form at the end of the list.

Making Votes Count Gary Cox/ Paperback / Published 1997
On Democracy Robert Dahl/ Paperback / Published 1999
Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Regional Larry Diamond et al./ Hardcover / Published 1997
Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Theoretical Larry Diamond et al./ Hardcover / Published 1997
To Craft Democracies Giuseppe DiPalma / Paperback / Published 1990
The End of History and the Last Man Francis Fukuyama / Paperback / Published 1993
The Political Economy of Democratic Transition Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman / Paperback / Published 1995
The Third Wave Samuel Huntington/ Paperback / Published 1990
Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society Ronald Inglehart/ Paperback / Published 1990
Citizens and the State Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Dieter Fuchs/ Hardcopy / Published 1995
Identity in Formation David Laitin/ Paperback / Published 1998
Patterns of Democracy Arend Lijphart/ Paperback / Published 1999
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan, eds. / Paperback / Published 1996
The Rational Public Benjamin Page and Robert Shapiro / Paperback / Published 1992
Democracy and Development Adam Przeworski et al. editors/ Paperback / Published 2000
Democracy and the Market Adam Przeworski/ Paperback / Published 1991
Making Democracy Work Robert Putnam/ Paperback / Published 1994
Bowling Alone Robert Putnam/ Paperback / Published 2000
Capitalist Development and Democracy Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Stephens and John Stephens/ Paperback / Published 1992
Presidents and Assemblies Matthew Shugart and John Carey / Paperback / Published 1992
Coercion, Capital and European States Charles Tilly / Hardcover / Published 1992
Voice and Equality Sidney Verba, Kay Schlozman and Henry Brady / Hardcover / Published 1996