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1 - V-Dem Reconsiders Democratization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2022

By
Michael Coppedge ,
Amanda B. Edgell ,
Carl Henrik Knutsen  and
Staffan I. Lindberg
Edited by
Michael Coppedge ,
Amanda B. Edgell ,
Carl Henrik Knutsen  and
Staffan I. Lindberg
Michael Coppedge
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Amanda B. Edgell
Affiliation:
University of Alabama
Carl Henrik Knutsen
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
Staffan I. Lindberg
Affiliation:
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
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Summary

This edited volume surveys and retests most of the central explanations for democracy outcomes (levels of electoral democracy and upturns and downturns in it) using Varieties of Democracy data. After a chapter describing historical trends, other chapters survey and test hypotheses concerning geography and demography; international influences; economic determinants; institutions; and social forces. The volume concludes with a new theoretical framework emphasizing the historical sequencing of different kinds of causes. The conclusion also uses path analysis to integrate the most promising hypotheses from the preceding chapters into causal sequences explaining levels, upturns, and downturns.

Keywords

democracydemocratizationregimeshistorygeographysocietyincomeeconomic growthinstitutionssocial movements
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Why Democracies Develop and Decline , pp. 1 - 28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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