Democratic Transitions

Przeworski et al. (2000) challenge the key hypothesis in modernization theory: political regimes do not transition to democracy as per capita incomes rise, they argue. Rather, democratic transitions occur randomly, but once there, countries with higher levels of GDP per capita remain democratic. We...

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Published in:American journal of political science 2006-07, Vol.50 (3), p.551-569
Main Authors: Epstein, David L., Bates, Robert, Goldstone, Jack, Kristensen, Ida, O'Halloran, Sharyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autocracy
Causality
Classification
Coefficients
Comparative politics
Democracy
Democratization
Dictatorship
Economic Development
Governmental reform
Gross domestic product
Hypotheses
Illiberal democracy
Income
Markov models
Modernization
Political change
Political Development
Political regimes
Political theory
Polities
Population density
Regime transition
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