ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the structural causes and consequences of democratization and then introduces the theoretical understanding of agency and its specific importance for the post-Communist regime transition. The various traditional explanations for the success or failure of democratization can be classified according to various groups, such as economic, social, historical and cultural predictors. Education of the population is naturally considered one of the most important social factors that may contribute to democratization and the consolidation of a new democratic regime. The theory of external influences in general on regime transition was mainly built on the analysis and experience of democracy-promoting actors and their mechanisms, with geography as one of the main elements of it. The limiting factor is a specific economic resource that is crucial for the economic development and well-being of the society, and the presence of it is an equally crucial obstacle for successful democratization in a region or a state.
