TY - DATA AU - Diamond,Larry Jay TI - The spirit of democracy: the struggle to build free societies throughout the world SN - 9780805078695 U1 - 321.8 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. KW - Democracy KW - Democratization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-428) and index; A world partially transformed -- The universal value -- The democratic boom -- The democratic recession -- What drives democracy : the internal factors -- What drives democracy : the external factors -- What drives democracy : the regional influence -- What sustains democracy -- The prospect for global democracy -- Latin America's uneasy progress -- The postcommunist divide -- The Asian exception? -- Africa, overcoming personal rule -- Can the Middle East democratize? -- The path to democratic renewal -- Making democracies work -- Promoting democracy effectively -- Physician, heal thyself ER -