PAID-WA Journal of Civil Society and Democracy (PAID-WAJCSD) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original works, reviews commentaries, correspondences and essays. It seeks to improve the theoretical understanding and empirical knowledge of civil society: its nature, patterns and composition, its history, development, and relationships with the economy, the political system and society at large; and issues of democracy such as: establishment, consolidation, and maintenance of democracy, including political institutions, parties and elections, civil society, ethnic conflict, economic reform, public opinion, the role of the media, and constitutionalism.