Democratization

revolution in France from 1789 to 1799

protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the 2010s

charter of rights agreed between King John of England and the nobility in 1215

revolution establishing the United States of America

Euromaidan (; , , ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv. The protests were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. Ukraine's parliament had overwhelmingly approved of finalising the Agreement with the EU, but Russia had put pressure on Ukraine to reject it. The scope of the protests widened, wit

political regime established in Spain between April 14, 1931 and April 1, 1939

series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848–49

series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005

intensive campaign of civil resistance in Tunisia

country in Central and Eastern Europe (1918–1939)

1974 revolution in Portugal

democratization process in Czechoslovakia in 1989

government of France between 1848-1852

1918 civil war in Finland

revolution between 1918-19 in Germany

Denazification () was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by removing those who had been Nazi Party or SS members from positions of power and influence, by disbanding or rendering impotent the organizations associated with Nazism, and by trying prominent Nazis for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials of 1946. The program of denazification was launched after the end of the war and was solidified by the Potsdam Agreement in August 1945. The term, in the hyph

1989 popular uprising in Romania against the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu

2003 popular uprising against corrupt leadership in Georgia

political concept, the right to vote for all adult citizens

thumb|upright=1.3|Since 1900, the number of countries democratizing (yellow) has been higher than those autocratizing (blue), except in the late 1920s through 1940s and since 2010.

political regime that existed in Spain between 11 February 1873 and 29 December 1874

events leading up to the end of Soviet rule in the Baltic nations

founding act of the Republic of Estonia from 1918

The United States invasion of Panama began in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. The purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega, who was wanted by U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking. The operation, codenamed Operation Just Cause, concluded in late January 1990 with the surrender of Noriega. The Panama Defense Forces (PDF) were dissolved, and president-elect Guillermo Endara was sworn into office.

constitution

series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines in 1986 that overthrew Ferdinand Marcos

political transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975

1910–1926 republic in Southwestern Europe

thumb|One of the manifestations of decommunization has been Street name controversy|renaming streets. Before 2017, ulica Anny German in [[Poznań (Anna German Street) was named in honor of Julian Leński.]]

Lithuanian 16 February 1918 declaration of independence

overview about the constitution of Denmark

constitution

2000 overthrow of Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević

1947 UK parliament act

event, starting in December 1990 with student protests; political pluralism was allowed on 11 December; the Labor Party won the 1991 elections (in a coalition with non-communists), but lost the 1992 elections amid economic collapse and social unrest

first South African election held under universal suffrage

series of agreements between Poland and its trade unions in 1989

1989–1990 process disestablishing the GDR

Ongoing protests against the Cuban government

In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e., by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample.

Mongolian protests for democracy and subsequent transition from communism to democracy

constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

thumb|400px|Map of the world published by Our World in Data in 2015, showing countries color-coded according to their regime type, which was based on their score in the Polity IV data set. Closed anocracies are shown in orange (scores between −5 and 0) and open anocracies are shown in yellow (scores between 1 and 5).

slogan for Alexander Dubcek's democratization policies in Communist Czechoslovakia

19th-century American political philosophy

1948 conflict in Costa Rica

Belarusian pro-democracy political organization

act declaring the independence of Lithuania from the USSR

political document

election in East Germany

People's Government of Myanmar

Wikimedia list article

the years 1718-1772 in Swedish history

peaceful transition to a democracy in Hungary in late 1989

demonstrations for the legitimacy of the presidential election in Venezuela

declaration of independence from the Austro-Hungarian empire

Colombia's current constitution

major surges of democracy in history

The Metapolitefsi (, , "regime change") was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioannides military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections.