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TOWARDS A COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
Contents 

FROM THE EDITORS

DEMOCRACY IS A HUMAN RIGHT
Harold Koh, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, details the importance of democracy as a human right.

BUILDING COOPERATION AMONG DEMOCRACIES
How to foster cooperation among democracies is the subject of a roundtable featuring the edited remarks of prominent scholars and government officials.

DEMOCRACY PROMOTION A KEY FOCUS IN NEW WORLD ORDER
Thomas Carothers, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the problems and challenges involved in promoting democracy.

SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE SEARCH FOR RECONCILIATION
Richard Falk, professor of international law and practice at Princeton University, discusses the complex relationship between national sovereignty and the promotion of all human rights, including democracy.

DEMOCRACY: A RIGHT OF ALL NATIONS
Joshua Muravchik, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that full democracy is a universal right.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Articles and books on Community of Democracies themes.

INTERNET SITES
Internet sites that feature Community of Democracies themes.

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Publisher Judith Siegel
Editor/Managing Editor Anthony W. Sariti
Consulting Editor Wayne Hall
Internet/Text Editor Deborah M.S. Brown
Contributing Editors Estelle Baird
Mona Esquetini
Charla Hatton
John Jasik
David Pitts
Reference Specialist Barbara Sanders
Art Director Diane Woolverton
Graphics Assistant Sylvia Scott
Editorial Board Howard Cincotta
Judith Siegel
Leonardo Williams