How development leads to democracy: what we know about modernization

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How development leads to democracy: what we know about modernization. / Inglehart, Ronald; Welzel, Christian Peter.
In: Foreign Affairs, Vol. 88, No. 2, 04.2009, p. 33-48.

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title = "How development leads to democracy: what we know about modernization",
abstract = "Democratic institutions tend to emerge only when certain social and cultural conditions exist. But economic development and modernization push those conditions in the right direction and make democracy increasingly likely.",
keywords = "Politics, Gender and Diversity",
author = "Ronald Inglehart and Welzel, {Christian Peter}",
year = "2009",
month = apr,
language = "English",
volume = "88",
pages = "33--48",
journal = "Foreign Affairs",
issn = "0015-7120",
publisher = "Council on Foreign Relations",
number = "2",

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