0 the process of making countries or organizations use democratic ways of making decisions:
The democratization of Western societies has been accompanied by more complexity in their economies.
The online degree program represents the purest democratization of education.
To promote democratization, it is necessary to have a free and uncontrolled press.
Delegates challenged the government to speed up the democratization process.
Their ambition to become a European Union member requires further democratization and a better functioning legal system.
Likewise, we have a potentially significant role to play in analyzing gender and democratization, including the role of women in the region's democratic transitions.
Some political scientists have demonstrated how the prospects for democratization are enhanced by wars.
The conventional view holds that economic globalization and liberalization should pave the way for political liberalization and finally democratization.
After the 1997 financial crisis, however, they have come to recognize that democratization and regional security are mutually intertwined.
The traditional image, however, belies the sectoral variations and the effects of democratization after 1987.
