Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Modes of Democratic Transition 3. A Theory of Explaining Success Rate of Democratic Transitions 4. Research Design and Empirics 5. Democratic Prospects 6. Conclusion

About the Author

Sujian Guo is Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University and Fudan University, and an academic committee member of Peking University-Fudan University-Jilin University Co-innovation Center for State Governance in China, and Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for U.S.–China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, U.S.A.

Gary A. Stradiotto is Professorial Lecturer of Political Science at The George Washington University, U.S.A.