Sentence examples for groundwork for democracy from inspiring English sources

While the country was ostensibly laying the groundwork for democracy, known perpetrators of human rights abuses were only occasionally arrested.

"That means," he said, "encouraging these regimes to gradually introduce authentic political parties, competitive and fair elections, even if they are initially only at the municipal level, more freedom of the press and greater judicial independence -- as a way of laying the groundwork for democracy".

Washington may make the occasional noise about the need for reform or press for the release from prison of this or that political activist or journalist; but it rarely, if ever, exerts concerted and serious pressure intended to get the government to prepare the groundwork for democracy and to enact economic reforms that better serve the poor and rein in rampant corruption.

I hold on to a hope that Egyptians have learned a lesson from the past two and a half years, that they will ensure that this new "transitional period" will be a time for laying the groundwork for true democracy.

Rebuilding the economy to make Russia a strong state and laying the groundwork for full-fledged democracy could still take decades, but the signature of Mr. Putin's rule -- as another tough authoritarian or as an enlightened democrat -- is likely to emerge in the opening months of his presidency.

Mr Graeber applied what he learned in his ethnographic work in some of the left-wing anti-globalisation protests of the 1990s, and has now brought his experience to bear on Wall Street, laying the groundwork for OWS's experiment in participatory democracy.

So much for democracy.

A win for democracy?

Ordinary Nigerians agitated for democracy.

However his presidency turns out, the victory of Mr Sirisena is also one for democracy, which has turfed out a leader who had used the democratic process to pursue divisive, majoritarian policies, and to build the groundwork for a regime to last in perpetuity.

Who is shouting for democracy?