international development
good governance
liberal theory
empirical political theory
democratic thought
democratic theory
concepts
democracy and democratization
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]
democratization
global governance