... (McFaul, 2002) This was followed by a very significant phase in the progression of democratization, when most of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union started to move away from authoritarianism and entered what today is called, the transition period. The transition paradigm assumed that all transitions from previous political regimes will be towards democracy. Yet, as some ... presidential elections. A survey conducted by World Justice Project (2014) shows that when a high-ranking government official is involved in an act of bribery, seventy-five percent of the people being su...

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