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In recent years, a great number of studies have convincingly shown that diffusion influences states’ probability to democratise. The primary interest of most of these studies has been on how diffusion influences democracy at the national level. The effect of democratic diffusion on the local level has largely been neglected. This paper thus investi...
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... by Larry Diamond (1999: 228), this study assesses the democratising impact of civil society based on both its density (that is, the number and size of organisations) and its conflict orientation (that is, to what extent groups exercise democratic rights). The prime analytical tool used for categorising the conflict orientation of LNGOs consists of the six polar (yes/no) questions presented in Table 1. The potential to mobilise protest and exercise freedom of assembly is measured on the basis of the extent that civil society groups encourage, legitimise or mention protest. ...Similar publications
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