Acknowledgements. Acronyms. Introduction Nuno Severiano Teixeira 1. Connecting Democracy Promotion and Protection with the Theory and Evaluating its Impact on the Practice of Democratization Philippe C. Schmitter 2. The International Politics of Democratization from Portugal: A Reassessment (1974) to Iraq (2003) Laurence Whitehead 3. International Factors in Democratization, their Scope and Limitations: European Comparative Perspectives on the Post-Cold War World Geoffrey Pridham 4. The International Dimension of Democratization: The Spanish Transition Juan Carlos Pereira 5.

Continuity and Change: The Foreign Policy of Portuguese Democracy Nuno Severiano Teixeira 6. Re-defining Eastern Europe: Democratization in Central and South-Eastern Europe Lawrence S. Graham 7. The International Dimensions of Democratization: The Case of Argentina Andrès Malamud 8. International Dimensions of Democratization: Brazil Alexandra Barahona de Brito 9. External Dimensions of Democratization: The Case of the Middle East Richard Youngs 10. Democracy and the Muslim World George Joffè Conclusions Laurence Whitehead Bibliography. Index.