democratic consolidation

Agreement about the borders of a state also has been critical to democratic consolidation.

Democratic consolidation is the process by which a new democracy matures.

Wealth also correlates with education, though their effects on democratic consolidation seem to be independent.

To become a stable democracy, a state usually undergoes a process of democratic consolidation.

Beyond that, its political profile is impressive and has been a factor in the general democratic consolidation agenda.

Crime is slowing economic growth and undermining democratic consolidation in Latin America.

Despite significant strides toward democracy over the last two decades, economic growth is largely stagnant and democratic consolidation scarce.

To ensure the respect for the popular will, to promote the free electoral participation by the citizens, to contribute to the democratic consolidation of the country.

"The holding of a referendum is a milestone in our democratic consolidation and the deepening of Taiwan's democracy," he said.

O'Donnell believes that the institutionalization of electoral rules is not the most interesting feature of democratic consolidation.

The European perspective has given Turkey particular motivation to follow a path, in a positive sense, towards democratising changes and democratic consolidation.

Mr President, your election on 3 June 2001 marked a new departure in the political life of your country and a step towards democratic consolidation.

"There is no way to blot out history," she said Wednesday, but "this is an important moment in the democratic consolidation" of Brazil.

'The 1996 Zambian elections: still awaiting democratic consolidation?'

Mercosur's contribution to democratic consolidation in the region and growth in the volume of trade within that bloc are unquestionable facts.

Politics in Mexico: The Democratic Consolidation (5th ed.

Politics in Mexico, the Democratic Consolidation (Oxford University Press, 2007).

Issues in Democratic Consolidation (1982)

The pull of NATO, the desire to join this Western club, created real incentives for democratic consolidation.

Territorial disputes in Kashmir, Palestine and Chechnya continue to help block democratic consolidation in all of these regions.

The European Union, and this Parliament in particular, have also expressed their solidarity with the cause of democratic consolidation in Chile.

Democratic consolidation is the process by which a new democracy matures, in a way that means it is unlikely to revert to authoritarianism without an external shock.

- monitoring and providing an in depth analysis on the progress of democratic consolidation in Ghana and in Sub-Saharan Africa.

"Constitutionalism as a Vehicle for Democratic Consolidation in Romania", in Jan Zielonka ed.

Although Roh was duly elected as president that December with a bare plurality, the democratic consolidation of South Korean was fully underway.