front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. International Perspectives on Democracy in the Twenty-first Century -- I. Democratization on the Frontiers of the Third Wave -- 2. Democratization in the Twenty-first Century: The Prospects for the Global Diffusion of Democracy -- 3. Is Democracy Contagious? Diffusion and the Dynamics of Regime Transition -- 4. A Fourth Wave? The Role of International Actors in Democratization -- 5. "Western Institutions" and "Universal Values": Barriers to the Adoption of Democracy -- II. Globalization and Democracy -- 6. Issues, Information Flows, and Cognitive Capacities: Democratic Citizenship in a Global Era -- 7. Globaliztion, the Decline of Civic Commitments, and the Future of Democracy -- 8. Globalization, Sovereignty, and Democracy: The Role of International Organizations in a Globalizing World -- 9. Democracy and Markets in the Twenty-first Century: An Agenda -- 10. Economic Globalization and Democracy -- Contributors -- Index -- back cover.