For philosopher Mark Vernon "friendship is an issue in a culture of democratisation".
Welsh Liberal Democrat shadow education minister Jenny Randerson said she feared the restructure was about centralisation rather than democratisation.
Mr Zakaria goes on to look at the damage democratisation has done below the level of the federal government.
This experiment emphasises the democratisation of financial decision-making - giving every community access to and control over public banks.
The State Department issued no more than a mild rebuke, saying that General Musharraf's changes could be a setback for democratisation in Pakistan.
On the economy, Ms Park promised more focus on a "creative economy" founded in "economic democratisation" that would expand beyond existing markets and sectors.
"To accept this result is to discredit democracy in Ghana and, in the process, distort the process of democratisation in Africa, " the NPP said.
"We just hope that the pumping of foreign funds in South Africa will not undermine the further democratisation and transformation in our country, " he said.
Last year, encouraged by Indonesia's deepening democratisation and its co-operation in fighting terrorism, America scrapped its restrictions on military aid (including providing weapons) to the country.
But, whereas some Arabs saw a sinister design in this sudden championing of democratisation, others found it a promising change from America's previous coddling of friendly dictators.
She said it would be through the "democratisation of education" that change in the world can come about, speaking of the importance of access to learning for all.
The real strength of Tajikistan's democratisation will then be tested.
That is not necessarily an argument against rapid democratisation.
On Wednesday, the king told Mr Ensour that the "primary responsibility of this government in this transitional phase is to pave the way for a qualitative leap in Jordan's political history and democratisation".
EU, could help with three broader challenges that America frets most about over the next 20 years: the democratisation of the Middle East, the growth of China and, to a lesser extent, developments in Russia.
Some on the left see the club as an unwanted relic, while others argue that it is a way for Britain to atone for its colonial sins and to offer practical help in the fraught process of democratisation.
And the timetable for expansion appears to have slipped, even as the prospect of EU membership for the Balkan states was being raised by politicians as a way of aiding stabilisation, security, democratisation and economic rehabilitation of the region.
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