Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this … democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 … to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with rising levels of democracy. We find that primary schooling, and …

Western donors attempting to promote democracy across the globe face a dilemma. Democracy is a highly valued policy … goal, but they are fearful that the path to democracy will undermine another highly valued goal – political stability – and …

emphasis on how the Chinese government indoctrinates its people with a guardianship discourse on democracy to disguise its … and indoctrinate its people with the guardianship discourse. A majority of Chinese citizens indeed understand democracy … following this particular discourse and, thus, perceive the Chinese government as more or less a democracy …