Introduction Saliba Sarsar and Rekha Datta Chapter One: Variation in Measures of Democracy Stephen J. Chapman Part I: World Regional Perspectives Chapter Two: Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changing Phases Julius O. Adekunle Chapter Three: Democracy in Transition: Political Trends in Eastern Europe Kevin L. Dooley Chapter Four: Democracy at Risk: Political Trends in the Recent History of Western Europe Kenneth L. Campbell Chapter Five: Democracy in Latin America: Uneven Institutional Performance Kenneth Mitchell and Samuel Maynard Chapter Six: Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa: Still Little to No Progress Saliba Sarsar Part II: Country Case Studies Chapter Seven: A 'Modi'-fied India: Parties, Promises, and Portends of Democracy Amidst an Uncertain Glory Rekha Datta and Samuel Maynard Chapter Eight: Digital Authoritarianism in the People's Republic of China Peter W. Liu and Justin M. Liu Chapter Nine: The Erosion of Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia Thomas S. Pearson Chapter Ten: The Challenges of American Democracy Joseph Patten Chapter Eleven: Comparisons of Measures of Democracy Stephen J.

Chapman Epilogue Saliba Sarsar.