Nicholas's point about societies having to be already civil for Democracy to effectively be able to bring about stability is valid, and I agree with him.

In any form of government, it is always the people who are most heavily involved. The different systems and ways of government are all but theories that can be put into place, but what cannot be planned for or even predicted, for that matter, is that of the people in a society. The people make up the society, they are essential for society to move onwards, to flourish, but this same group of people are also responsible for any problems or malfunctions in the society. As they say, "Rome was not built in day", and it takes years for a society to modernize, grow economically, territorially, for some areas, the people in it have a huge load on their shoulders. However any society can be destroyed, torn apart, in a matter of days, and more often than not, the crux of the problem lies in the people, be it the leaders of the society or the followers and common people, they all have a part to play.

And that is why it is essential for a society to be already civil, and willing to cooperate with whichever party spearheading the society forwards for the creation of stability to be even possible. As Nick mentioned, with the use of the example of Afghanistan, the reason why democracy there served as merely a platform for strife was because the people were forced to vote, and not given that freedom of choice. To have something imposed on you, to do something (in this case vote) against your own will, are things that no human being will be willing to do with a sincere heart. The act of forcing and being forced strips one of his rights, his views and his freedom of choice for that matter. Likewise, how a society responds towards their government plays an integral part for stability.

In order to bring about stability, a win-win situation has to be in place for both parties (common people and the welfare of society) so that minimal unhappiness or disputes occur. But what i would like to question is the feasibility of this "win-win" situation, is such a condition even possible?