The NDP appears to believe that democratization must begin with changing the political culture and instilling democratic values.

(c) Fostering a democratic culture

Can a new balance between the democratic ethos and the undertows of the region s political history and culture be found?

Pakistanis understand democracy, because we have a democratic culture.

To go around saying that I believe democratic culture is the best that we've arrived at as a form of political organizing is associated with extremism.

So roughly these four reasons make it a lot more difficult for democratic culture to spread as a civilizational choice, not merely as a political choice.

But that will require helping these societies transition from having merely political coalitions to building genuinely grassroots based social movements that advocate for the democratic culture.

India s political system is built on the idea that even a country with profound differences of caste, creed, color, and culture can still rally around a democratic consensus.

We need to see how we can help those societies move from political coalitions, loosely based political coalitions, to civilizational coalitions that are working for the ideals and narratives of the democratic culture on the ground.

Russia s somewhat archaic political culture overly personifies power.

The Democratic Party (, PD) is a social democratic political party in Italy.

Political Islam s Loss of Democratic Legitimacy

It is based on culture, political ideals, and policies.

Britain s highly centralized political culture has been irreversibly changed.

France, it seems, does not yet share the real democratic culture of, say, Scandinavia.

There was a whole political culture that had to change.

Whereas if we start building this demand on the ground on a civilizational level, rather than merely on a political level, a level above politics movements that are not political parties, but are rather creating this civilizational demand for this democratic culture.

True, the Turkish military was not interested in governing directly, and handed power back to civilian governments after its coups. Even so, its repeated interventions greatly harmed the development of a democratic political culture.

It also promotes the institutionalization of democratic culture and improves citizens' access to government supported services.

The Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire African Democratic Rally () is a political party in Côte d'Ivoire.

Resolving that conflict itself a key aspect of Arab political identity might enable Arab political culture to change.

Over the decades, the movement has developed a political culture of indiscipline.

Political boundaries have a powerful effect on the region s economy and culture.

PMFIs are lending in a market vitiated by a populist political culture.

Until now, populism has been the missing note in African political culture.

Now these are things about general culture, but I'm also very much interested in political culture and whether liberty and democracy is appreciated, or whether there's an authoritarian political culture in which the state is supposed to impose things on the citizens.

In India, Mahatma Gandhi rejuvenated the country s soul, which had been battered by colonialism, and Jawaharlal Nehru established its democratic political culture. Modi now must lay the foundations for India s emergence as a global economic power.

But meritocracy has been eroded by a political culture of sycophancy and cynicism.

One reason for this inertia can be found in Libya s prevailing political culture.

More political education was needed to break the psychology and culture of dependence.

But in terms of democratic culture, GATT also led to a further separation of trade from everyday politics.

The two largest political parties in Croatia are the Croatian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party of Croatia.

The Foundation s counselling programs focus on candidates for political office, liberal political parties and other democratic organizations.

Unless Arab political culture is shown to be uniquely and permanently inimical to electoral competitiveness, it makes more sense to understand the democratic divide in the Muslim world in terms of the political as opposed to the ethnic or religious particularities of the Middle East and North Africa.

There is no such thing in North Korea as non political sports or culture.

Democratic political stability is the most important harbinger of financial development.

Young people, more than mere objects of social policy, play a leading role in its formulation and implementation and have a solid background in the essence of the political culture of participation and the democratic traditions of Cuban society.

Culture for Citizenship is another page that encourages youth to take part of the democratic transition and promote the culture of citizenship among Tunisian youth. The page describes the group as follows

We can't wait for the kind of drought Australia had to change our political culture.

The global environment is one of diversity in culture, religion, political system and economic conditions.

Our task is to strengthen indigenous political forces pushing for democratic change.

True, once religious institutions take over political power, they are never democratic.

Democratic principles should govern all constitutional discussion and the entire political process.

Political efficacy Allowing citizens to participate in government processes would increase the political efficacy and counteract the democratic deficit.

Because those who aspire to democratic culture are in power, or have societies that are leading globalized, powerful societies, powerful countries.