TY - BOOK AU - Diamond,Larry Jay AU - Morlino,Leonardo ED - American Political Science Association. TI - Assessing the quality of democracy T2 - Journal of democracy book SN - 0801882869 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 321.7 PY - 2005/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Democracy KW - Congresses KW - Comparative government KW - Democracía KW - Congresos N1 - "Began with a conference at Stanford University in October of 2003, and many of the papers were subsequently presented at two different panels at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association"--Ack; Bibliografía. - índices; Introduction / Larry Diamond and Leonardo Morlino -- Why the rule of law matters / Guillermo O'Donnell -- The ambiguous virtues of accountability / Philippe C. Schmitter -- Freedom as the foundation / David Beetham -- Addressing inequality / Dietrich Rueschemeyer -- The chain of responsiveness / G. Bingham Powell, Jr. -- A skeptical perspective / Marc F. Plattner -- Italy and Spain / Rafael López-Pintor and Leonardo Morlino -- Chile and Brazil / Frances Hagopian -- Bangladesh and India / Sumit Ganguly -- South Korea and Taiwan / Yun-han Chu and Doh Chull Shin -- Poland and Romania / Alina Mungiu-Pippidi -- Ghana and South Africa / Robert Mattes and E. Gyimah-Boadi ER -