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Democratic Transitions:

Conversations with World Leaders
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National leaders who played key roles in transitions to democratic governance reveal how these were accomplished in Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, and Spain. Commissioned by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), these interviews shed fascinating light on how repressive regimes were ended and democracy took hold. In probing conversations with Patricio Aylwin, Ricardo Lagos, John Kufuor, Jerry Rawlings, B. J. Habibie, Ernesto Zedillo, Fidel V. Ramos, Aleksander KwaÅniewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, F. W. de Klerk, Thabo Mbeki, and Felipe Gonzalez, editors Sergio Bitar and Abraham F. Lowenthal focused on each leaders principal challenges and goals, as well as their strategies to end authoritarian rule and construct democratic governance. Context-setting introductions by country experts highlight each nations unique experience, as well as recurrent challenges all transitions faced. A chapter by Georgina Waylen analyzes the role of women leaders, often underestimated. A foreword by Tunisias former president, Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, underlines the books relevance in North Africa, West Asia, and beyond. The editors conclusion distills lessons about how democratic transitions have been and can be carried out in a changing world, emphasizing the importance of political leadership. This unique book should be valuable for political leaders, civil society activists, journalists, scholars, and all who want to support democratic transitions.

""... In evoking all of these collective distilled experiences from some of the world most successful politicians from recent decades, Bitar and Lowenthal also convey their passion for democracy forcefully, and they enable the college freshman and the scholar to understand better the events and processes that have shaped the world for the better in which we live.""

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