international development
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

good governance
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

liberal theory
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

empirical political theory
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

democratic thought
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

democratic theory
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: democratization

democracy and democratization
type: Concept
narrower: democratization

democratization
broader: global governance
broader: democracy and democratization
broader: empirical political theory
broader: international development
broader: democratic theory
broader: liberal theory
broader: democratic thought
broader: good governance
definition: Democratization is the process through which a political regime becomes democratic. The explosive spread of democracy around the world over the last 35 years radically transformed the international political landscape from one in which democracies were the exception to one in which they are the rule. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Democratization]
type: Concept

global governance
type: Concept
narrower: democratization