In many democratic countries, especially those in which democracy is new, democracy is fragile and not fully … consolidated, meaning that crucial political groups lack full commitment to the democratic process. The survival of democracy … fragility of democracy. They focus on the importance of different groups and hence come up with different policy recommendations …

Against the background of the ongoing debate around European democracy promotion, we investigate the impact of European … citizens’ socio-economic backgrounds, political orientations and countries of origin on their support for democracy promotion … in general and on democracy promotion via military means. Analysing survey data from 11 European Union (EU) member …