A new post on Democracy Digest focuses on the importance of civil society to democratization and part of the discussion is about how it impacts the process. It states that:

Successful democratic transitions are not driven by specialist pro-democracy NGOs, but by ‘durable’ groups such as labor unions which address everyday, mundane needs rather than compete for political power, research suggests. It is how these ‘quotidian civil society organizations’ mobilize individuals – through unions, churches, or political parties – that affects democratization, Jonathan Pinckney, Charles Butcher, and Jessica Maves Braithwaite write in International Studies Quarterly.

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