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Scholars and international nongovernment organizations (INGO) have developed concepts of democratic governance (DG) widely used by domestic and international agencies to evaluate a country's implementation of DG. These broad, global concepts are not always observable, collectabl…

In this dissertation, I examine the issues involved in the localization of global ideas associated with liberal democratic governance as seen through the cases of Malaysia and Singapore. This study addresses aspects of contemporary political developments in both these countries …

This dissertation investigates the transfer of security and defense services from the federal government into the hands of private military firms (PMFs) and identifies the consequences of that privatization on democratic governance in the United States. Exploring the 1990s throu…