| Acknowledgments | |
| List of Contributors | |
| 1 | The Origins of Liberty | 3 |
| 2 | Limited Government and Liberal Markets: An Introduction to "Constitutions and Commitment" | 13 |
| 3 | Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England | 16 |
| 4 | Democracy, Capital, Skill, and Country Size: Effects of Asset Mobility and Regime Monopoly on the Odds of Democratic Rule | 48 |
| 5 | The International Causes of Democratization, 1974-1990 | 70 |
| 6 | The Political Economy of Authoritarian Withdrawals | 92 |
| 7 | When You Wish upon the Stars: Why the Generals (and Admirals) Say Yes to Latin American "Transitions" to Civilian Government | 115 |
| 8 | Political Structure and Economic Liberalization: Conditions and Cases from the Developing World | 146 |
| 9 | Afterword | 179 |
| References | 181 |
| Index | 201 |
