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In this issue: How ethnic are African parties really? Evidence from four Francophone countries Matthias Basedau and Alexander Stroh Problems in paradise? Challenges to future democratization in democratic states Thomas Denk and Daniel Silander Measuring effective democracy: A defense Amy C. Alexander, Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel Political attitudes and political participation: A panel study on socialization and self-selection effects among late adolescents Ellen Quintelier and Marc Hooghe Disjunctured narratives: rethinking reconciliation and conflict transformation Adrian Little Economic development and mass political participation in contemporary China: determinants of provincial petition (Xinfang) activism 1994–2002 Wooyeal Paik