| List of Figures and Tables | |
| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | The Political Economy of Authoritarian Withdrawals | 25 |
| Ch. 2 | Economic Crisis and Authoritarian Withdrawal | 45 |
| Ch. 3 | Surviving Crises, Withdrawing in Good Times | 75 |
| Ch. 4 | Comparing Authoritarian Withdrawals | 109 |
| Ch. 5 | Democratic Transitions and Economic Reform | 151 |
| Ch. 6 | New Democracies and Economic Crisis | 183 |
| Ch. 7 | Economic Management in Non-crisis Democracies | 228 |
| Ch. 8 | Economic and Political Reform in Dominant-Party Systems: Mexico and Taiwan | 267 |
| Ch. 9 | Economic Reform and Democratic Consolidation | 309 |
| Ch. 10 | Institutions, Democratic Consolidation, and Sustainable Growth | 335 |
| Conclusion: Comparing Democratic Transitions | 365 |
| Index | 381 |
