A N A LY S I S DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION What We Can Learn from History for Securing the Future of Democracy Matthias Jobelius, Jochen Steinhilber September 2020 Democracy promotion should become more political, more historically aware and capable of dealing with conflict, and in doing so should reflect more strongly the wealth of historical experiences accumulated by democratisation processes. Democracy promotion must devote more attention to the relationship between democracy and capitalism. ,Embedded’ democracy pro­motion is needed in order to better understand the dynamic of social conflicts. Democracy is a story. Successful democracy movements require powerful narratives.