What is Democratic Consolidation?

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When students of democratization seek to classify regimes, the key distinction, of course, runs between those that are democratic and those that are not (the latter often generically labeled as “authoritarian”). The most widely accepted criteria for identi-fying a country as democratic have been put forward by Robert Dahl—civil and political rights plus fair, competitive, and inclusive elections. 3 Dahl calls countries that meet these criteria “polyarchies,” but they are more commonly referred to as “liberal democracies.”

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