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Russian Workers and the State: Social Contract or Paternalism?

by explicitly suggesting that the North has a global responsibility to promote the correct kind of democracy since it controls the elemental fabric of the international system. Nonetheless, the nature and scope of this moral obligation are not discussed—let alone elaborated. Drawing the book to a close, he maintains that support for elite-dominated, fledgling democracies will do little or no good: "without a more solid, popular basis, today's fragile democracies may well be tomorrow's authoritarian dictatorships" (p. 133). Despite its objective outlook and high educational value, this book's lack of probing treatment of human rights, an almost total disregard for viable alternatives to full-scale democratization, and an incomplete treatment of the processes of economic and political liberalization (in terms of resurrecting civil society) prove to be major shortcomings. Sorensen's focus and interpretations will have to be sharpened and applied to certain case studies if they are to provide the reader with greater understanding of the nature of the complexities involved in the process of democratization. On balance, however, the book is a valuable addition to the existing literature on the subject, while its format and style should render it accessible in undergraduate courses.