1 Public institutions need to be democratised and decentralisation is necessary in the public domain in order to achieve active citizenship.

2 Never an elitist, she wanted to democratise photographic practice, and share all she had learnt.

3 The whole post-war attempt to democratise culture through State subsidy has failed.

4 Do you think China will ever fully democratise ?

5 Don't instigate rigid hierarchies, discourage huge pay differentials, democratise decision-making and don't set impossible standards for leaders.

6 IT WAS supposed to democratise the internet and turn America's city - dwellers into citizen - surfers.

7 Now, in our classless society, it has been well and truly democratised.

8 Hsu admits that it is somewhat ironic that technology designed to help democratise the internet is also allowing the spooks to spy.

9 The more open and competitive an economy becomes,[] the greater the pressure to liberalise political institutions and democratise civil society.

10 Some here in the United States believe that if we democratise China, they will become more tractable .

11 Before Mr Bush was elected, she was known as a "realist", more concerned with power and security than with using American might to democratise other countries.

12 This in turn reduced prices and enabled the PC to democratise computing.