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| Author: | Muller, E. |
| Title: | Economic determinants of democracy |
| Journal: | American Economic Review
1995 : DEC, VOL. 60:6, p. 966-982 |
| Index terms: | SOCIOLOGY DEMOCRACY RESEARCH |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The relationship between the level of economic development and the level of democracy found in most quantitative cross-national research implies that the largest gains in democracy are experienced by countries at intermediate levels of development. During the 1960s and 1970s, however, middle-income countries were more likely to register declines in democracy than increases. The authors explains this anomaly with the hypothesis that income inequality affects democracy, and this effect often counteracts the positive influence of economic development. |
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