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This paper discusses the debate on the theories of democratic transition that has been going on since the 1960s. Democratic thoughts area always related to a context of change in a society. The theories of democratic transition had come to be debated again when the communist block countries and Russia changed their ideology and entered a democratic transition process. This debate provide a reference point and comparative framework that can be employed to evaluate socio-political changes in other countries that are experiencing similar democratic transition process and all of the consequences and challenges it poses.

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