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.

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abstract = "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{\textquoteright}s original thesis does indeed find empirical support, and that certain structural conditions are conducive to stable democracy. ",
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