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100			_aDiamond, Larry
245			_aThe spirit of democracy : _bthe struggle to build free societies throughout the world / _cLarry Diamond.
260			_aNew York : _bTimes Books/Henry Holt and Company, _c2008.
300			_a448 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm
505			_aContents: 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.
654			_aDemocracy.
654			_a Democratization
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