We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy … of regionalism and of worldwide democratization since the late 1980s …

literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …

linkages between trade unions, democratization and union democracy and concludes with a reflection on the new concerns about … sustaining industrial and political democracy; however, there is a debate about the conditions under which unions can be … effective, and the role of unions’ internal democracy is particularly controversial. The article discusses the theoretical …