... areas of consolidation are and the factors that are involved in the process. Definitions put forwards by various political theorists as to what democratic consolidation actually is vary. The Penguin Dictionary of Politics refers to democratic consolidation as "the prevention of breakdown or regression of democracy." This is a short and concise definition compared to the one put forwards by Przeworski. ... can be seen to some extent in Myanmar and Nigeria where after losing elections the military regimes refused to accept "their" parties had lost and cancelled the result. Other examples ...

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