Marc F. Plattner

Marc F. Plattner is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, . He is also the vice-president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and co-director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies

Marc F. Plattner is co-director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies; coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, a quarterly publication that addresses the problems and prospects of democracy around the world; and counselor at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he served as director of program from 1984 to 1989. He was previously a Fellow at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (1983–84) and Advisor on Economic and Social Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations (1981–83). He is the author of numerous books and articles.

Publications

• (1979) He is the author of Rousseau's State of Nature
• (1984) Human Rights in Our Time (Editor)
• (1993) Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited
• (1994) Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Democracy
• (1995) Economic Reform and Democracy
• (1996) Civil-Military Relations and Democracy
• (1996) The Global Resurgence of Democracy
• (1997) Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies, Vol. 1: Themes and Perspectives, Vol. 2: Regional Challenges
• (1998) Democracy in East Asia
• (1999) Democracy in Africa
• (1999) The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies
• (2000) Globalization, Power, and Democracy
• (2000) The Liberal Tradition in Focus: Problems and New Perspectives
• (2000) The Democratic Invention
• (2001) The Global Divergence of Democracies
• (2002) Democracy After Communism
• (2003) Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
• (2005) World Religions and Democracy (Co-Editor)

Affiliations

Democracy and Security International Conference, Attendee | National Endowment for Democracy| International Forum for Democratic Studies.