Democratization in the human development perspective

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This article describes a model that considers the emergence and florescence of democracies as something embedded in a more encompassing evolutionary process. Democratization in this light is the institutional component of a broader process of human development that promotes people empowerment on various fronts. In this process increasing individual resources give rise to emancipative values that in turn release democratizing social pressures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMeasuring and Mapping Cultures : 25 Years of Comparative Value Surveys
EditorsYilmaz Esmer, Thorleif Pettersson
Number of pages32
PublisherBrill
Publication date01.01.2007
Pages155-186
ISBN (print)9789004158207
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Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2007
Externally publishedYes