Democratic transitions describe a process in which
a. the president of a country resigns from office and is replaced by the vice president.
b. there are elections involving the peaceful transfer of power between political administrations.
c. a democratic country becomes a dictatorship.
d. two countries resolve a conflict by peaceful means rather than by military force.
e. authoritarian governments develop into more participatory and democratic regimes.
e
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A) the Palestinians to be resettled in Jordan with full compensation. B) Israel to yield the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palestinians in return for security guarantees and Palestinian abandonment of any right of return to Israel proper. C) Israelis and Palestinians to join a single state in which all citizens have equal rights, an equal vote and equal access to government resources. D) Israel to yield the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palestinians; both Israelis and Palestinians may settle in either country. E) Israel to yield all territory not granted to it by the UN in 1948, including all of Jerusalem.
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