Congo, 52, 68, 135

consensual democracy, 33, 38, 92–93, 103, 106, 110, 114, 144, 149–150, 196

considered judgment, 219

constructivist, 12, 20

corporatism, 16, 172, 183, 185–186, 203, 207–217, 220

corruption, 9, 15, 38, 67, 121, 138, 150, 153, 165–166, 182, 247–257, 259–262, 268–270, 275, 277–278

cosmopolitanism, 16, 172, 177, 183, 186, 189, 191–194, 199–201, 219, 222

Costa Rica, 61, 69

Council of Ministers, 88, 152

Czechoslovakia, 39, 118

Dahl, Robert, 103–104, 178, 190, 222

Darfur, 57, 135

de Gaulle, Charles, 88

decolonization, 31, 48, 51, 53, 119, 146

deliberative democracy, 34, 93, 101–102, 105–115, 146, 148–149, 152, 197, 204, 223, 227, 247, 276, 278

Delors, Jacques, 88, 100

democracy, 1, 5–11, 14–20, 25, 27–28, 33–34, 38, 41, 46, 61, 64, 66–67, 70–71, 81–82, 87, 92–94, 96, 98, 101–115, 129, 137–138, 140, 142–145, 147, 149–151, 153, 157, 161–162, 165–166, 171–172, 176–184, 186–187, 189, 192, 194–197, 201–204, 207, 210–212, 214–223, 225–229, 231–232, 235–238, 241–244, 248, 256, 261, 267, 274–279, 281

democratization, 6–8, 19, 131, 151, 177, 179, 191, 219, 244, 274

Denmark, 89, 192

Dervis, Kemal, 75, 78, 82, 215

Dieter, Heribert, 77, 83

Dunant, Henry, 163

Dunér, Bertil, 209, 211, 215

East Asia, 75, 77, 256

East Timor, 136

Eastern bloc, 118, 124

Eastern Europe, 90, 256, 268

Easton, David, 158, 167

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), 209

Egypt, 52, 119

electoral accountability, 8–9, 11, 16, 25, 34, 66, 81, 101, 117, 137–138, 144, 146, 150–152, 157, 165–166, 169–170, 172, 185, 217, 228, 247–248, 277–278

elitist, 67, 87, 90, 93–94, 109, 111–112, 149, 182, 223

Enlightenment, the, 5, 10, 102, 186, 236

Entente powers, 30, 41

Ethiopia, 37, 39

European Central Bank (ECB), 88, 95

European Coal and Steel Community, 87

European Community (EC), 87, 92, 100, 197

European Court of Auditors (ECA), 88

European Court of Justice (ECJ), 88

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), 210

European Economic Community (EEC), 87, 100

European Parliament (EP), 88, 90, 111, 152, 212

European Union (EU), 14, 85–89, 91–94, 96, 99–101, 107, 109, 112–113, 115, 134, 145, 148–150