pt. I. The democratic experience in western history -- Democracy and communism: Two utopian ideologies -- The hazards of racial, linguistic, and religious pluralism -- The impact of industrialization -- The arrested and reclaimed democracies of Western Europe -- The lessons of the democratic experience in western history -- pt. II. The prospects for democracy in the developing areas -- Africa: Tribalism, and the one-party state, and the rise of the military -- The Middle East: Authoritarian modernizers and Islamic traditionalism -- Latin America: Democracy imposed on feudalism -- Asia: The success and failure of democracy -- The prospects for democracy: A review of the literature.
