Modernization and Democracy: Theories and Evidence Revisited
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Modernization and Democracy : Theories and Evidence Revisited. / Wucherpfennig, Julian; Deutsch, Franziska.
in: Living Reviews in Democracy, Nr. 1, 2009.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Modernization and Democracy
T2 - Theories and Evidence Revisited
AU - Wucherpfennig, Julian
AU - Deutsch, Franziska
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We review the literature on the relation between socio-economic development and political democracy, a field that is commonly known as modernization theory. Guided by the seminal contribution of Lipset (1959), we assess the evolution of this literature along two major dimensions: (1) robustness of the relationship between economic development and democracy and (2) substantiation of the causal mechanism. The evidence to date suggests that Lipset’s original thesis does indeed find empirical support, and that certain structural conditions are conducive to stable democracy.
AB - We review the literature on the relation between socio-economic development and political democracy, a field that is commonly known as modernization theory. Guided by the seminal contribution of Lipset (1959), we assess the evolution of this literature along two major dimensions: (1) robustness of the relationship between economic development and democracy and (2) substantiation of the causal mechanism. The evidence to date suggests that Lipset’s original thesis does indeed find empirical support, and that certain structural conditions are conducive to stable democracy.
KW - Politics
UR - https://www.lrd.ethz.ch/index.php/lrd/issue/view/2009
M3 - Journal articles
JO - Living Reviews in Democracy
JF - Living Reviews in Democracy
SN - 1663-0165
IS - 1
ER -