transition to, 5, 22–23, 113–114, 139, 190–191, 221–223

democracy-building, 144

democratic

attitudes, 47, 51, 77–78

awareness, 19, 144

consolidation, 15, 18, 20–21, 23, 26, 29, 32, 137–139, 143, 145, 155, 159, 187, 193–194, 222

government, 7, 19, 29, 33, 41, 131, 139, 182, 202

institutions, 4–5, 14–15, 25, 32, 39–40, 73–74, 90–91

orientation, xiii, 51, 203, 204

politics, 4, 18, 170

system, 18, 30–31, 57, 193, 226

transition. See also under democracy (transition to), 15, 20, 36, 137, 142–143, 155, 190

values, 15, 144

Democratic Progress Party (DPP), 212

democratization

demand for, 21, 37, 191, 212–213

human development perspective/theory of, 7–8, 37–40, 223

modernization theories of, 14

probability/likelihood of, 110, 223

demonstration, 21, 42, 49, 109, 113–116, 119–121, 126–128, 134, 141–142, 154, 213

Deng, Xiaoping, xvii, 71

Deutsch, K. W., 80, 116, 138, 154

development economics, 37, 79

Diamond, L., 21, 31–32, 124, 142–144, 155, 192, 221

dictatorship, 113, 141, 194, 205, 213

distrust of government, 20, 42, 115, 161, 179–180

DPP. See Democratic Progress Party

East Asia, i, iii, vii–viii, xii–xix, 3–7, 9, 26, 31, 41–43, 47–48, 50, 52–53, 55, 63, 67, 69, 72, 75n6, 99, 109, 111–112, 113, 114, 115, 120, 128, 147–149, 189–190, 209, 211

East Asian societies, 77–78, 105

East Asian Barometer, 203–204

Eastern Europe, 22, 31, 191, 222

economic development

and democracy, 4, 7, 13, 15, 17, 30, 38, 41, 58, 182, 188–189, 223, 226

and self-expression values, xiii, 7–8, 17, 19, 34, 39, 42, 67, 81, 92–93, 132, 170, 179, 182, 188, 198–199

economic growth, 3, 4, 7, 16, 28, 34, 40–41, 59, 71–72, 79, 168, 170, 202–203, 205, 214