The role of middle class in democratic diffusion
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01/03/2016
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Resumo |
The modernization hypothesis and the democratic domino theory have been at the forefront in explaining the democratization around the globe. This paper empirically investigates the ‘middle class-driven modernization’ hypothesis and the ‘middle class-driven democratic domino’ effect in a panel of 145 countries over the period 1985 to 2013. Using several middle class measures and a dynamic panel estimator, we show that the ‘middle class-driven modernization’ hypothesis finds strong empirical support in the sample of developing countries excluding Eastern Europe and Central Asia, while the ‘middle class-driven democratic domino’ effect finds support in the sample of developing countries excluding East Asia and the Pacific |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Elsevier |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30081760/rahman-roleofmiddle-2016.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30081760/rahman-roleofmiddle-inpress-2016.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2015.10.021 |
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2015, Elsevier |
Palavras-Chave | #Middle class #Modernization hypothesis #Spatial domino theory #Democracy |
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Journal Article |