1) How about Spain? The transition seemed like it went darned quick. And somewhat later, a bunch of the Eastern European countries, most especially East Germany.
Speculatively, it seems like reasonable peace and security help a lot, and there needs to be fairly open communication of some sort -- the "free press" thing is our version of that bit. It also helps if the people leaving office don't feel they'll be assassinated by the people coming in as soon as they step down.
2) Hmmm; Japan, post-WWII?
3) Almost certainly, though I'm not nearly so sure *how*. I suspect that what will help rather than hinder the development of democracy will depends very much on the previous culture and government, it's not a one-size-fits-all sort of problem.
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Speculatively, it seems like reasonable peace and security help a lot, and there needs to be fairly open communication of some sort -- the "free press" thing is our version of that bit. It also helps if the people leaving office don't feel they'll be assassinated by the people coming in as soon as they step down.
2) Hmmm; Japan, post-WWII?
3) Almost certainly, though I'm not nearly so sure *how*. I suspect that what will help rather than hinder the development of democracy will depends very much on the previous culture and government, it's not a one-size-fits-all sort of problem.