1 Table of Contents: “... benchmark -- Means and ways -- Political participation and democratic reform -- Conclusion & epilogue : same...”

2 Table of Contents: “... : The Basic Law, the "Umbrella Movement" and Democratic Reform in Hong Kong / Michael Davis -- Conclusion...”

3 “... democratic reforms in their own country is treated as axiomatic, as the international responses...”

4 “...In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within...”

5 “... inclusiveness. Instead, what emerges is a picture that is riddled with ambiguity, where inclusionary democratic...”