从20世纪70年代中期开始,尤其是在1989-1991年共产主义政权倒台之后的十年期间,世界上民主国家的数量出现了显著增长。然而,近期以来,这个趋势已经放缓了。根据美国自由之家(Freedom House)的年度“世界自由度”调查报告(Freedom in the World survey),在过去七年(2006-2012)中,值得注意的是民主的挫折,而不是民主的进展。这七 From the mid-1970s onwards, especially during the decade following the fall of the communist regime in 1989-1991, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of democracies in the world. However, the trend has slowed in the near future. According to Freedom House’s Freedom in the World survey by the Freedom House, it is noteworthy in the last seven years (2006-2012) that democratization, rather than democracy, is a setback Progress. These seven