International Colloquium on the Centenary of David Ben-Gurion
Published jointly with E.J. Brill, Leiden
Contents: S.N. Eisenstadt, ‘Introduction’; S.M. Lipset, ‘Conditions of the Democratic Order and Social Change: A Comparative Discussion’; R. Dahrendorf, ‘Democracy and Modernity: Notes on the European Experience’; S. Avineri, ‘Comments on the Presentations of Dahrendorf and Lipset’; S. Ben Ami, ‘The Concept of Southern Europe and the New Mediterranean Democracies’; C. Rossetti, ‘Law and Democracy in Mediterranean Societies: A Historical-Comparative Analysis’; L. Roniger, ‘Conditions for the Consolidation of Democracy in Southern Europe and Latin America’; M. Weiner, ‘The Indian Paradox: Violent Social Conflict and Democratic Politics’; E. Cohen, ‘Thai Democracy as National Symbol and Political Practice’; B.-A. Shillony, ‘The Political Tradition of Japan and its Impact on the Development of Japanese Democracy’; N. Chazan, ‘Democratic Fragments: Africa’s Quest for Democracy’; M. Heper, ‘The “Strong State” and Democracy: The Turkish Case in Comparative and Historical Perspective’; S.N. Eisenstadt, ‘Concluding Observations’.