Since the Jacksonian Democratic revolution against elitism in the 1820s, each revolution democratizing American life further popularized the campaign.
He argues that democratic Israel is averse to democratization, speciously claiming: "In their hearts, many Israelis believe that democratizing the Middle East is the surest way to destroy their country".
The internet has been rightly praised for democratizing access and for giving voice to the non-elite; newspapers, with their history of tacitly or overtly amplifying dominant voices, represent the establishment that the internet is breaking down.
He identified three waves of democratic transition (1828 1926, 1943 1962, 1974 onward) during which certain states (and their elites) gained the wherewithal of dealing with popular pressures on the state by democratizing.
Many think that these new, unregulated outlets for public discussion are democratizing public access to media and increasing participation in public debate.
Nonprofessional ballroom dance, meanwhile, extended its reach beyond exclusive ballrooms into public cabarets, roof gardens, and open-air dance halls, further democratizing the tradition.
Successive governments subsequently continued the policy of democratizing education that began under British rule.
The Somoza regime valued elite (often imported) culture, while the Sandinistas promoted what they termed "democratizing, national, anti-imperialist" art forms, both professional and amateur.
He believed that the opening up of the political system essentially, democratizing it was the only way to overcome inertia in the political and bureaucratic apparatus, which had a big interest in maintaining the status quo.
Beholden to nobody, he wanted to "subvert the very notion of what an art museum is" by democratizing the viewing of art in a way that had "no viewpoint privileged".
And the word 'asperity.' " Dorsey isn't grand: you can tease him about his fancy boots or the fact that he's making a lot of money by "democratizing" payments.
