0 to release someone from one of the armed forces, especially at the end of a war: --
He was demobilized in March 1946.
1 to remove a soldier or soldiers from military service --
Many difficulties will have to be overcome before war-time restrictions can be demobilized and freer international trade built up.
In order to contribute towards a democratic theory, it is important to understand what aspects of campaigns have the potential to mobilize or demobilize regime support.
All else equal, the incumbent party is able to mobilize more supporters, relative to the non-incumbent party, in good economic times and more supporters are demobilized in adverse economic times.
After 1991, many of them were demobilized.
Thirdly, we apply our method to the current controversy over whether 'attack advertising' demobilizes the electorate.
If the observed range centres around 0, we would conclude that negative advertising neither mobilizes nor demobilizes the electorate.
These policies suffer from the fact that the benefactors of the programs are politically demobilized.
Finally, the campaign may also demobilize citizens or fail to activate them.
