Democracy's indicators and Economic Growth. Protection of the Private property rights requires, first and foremost, due … the free speech; religious freedom and other "political rights" should be respected. Democracy, as political competition …

In "The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy", Robert D. Woodberry (2012) claims that the emergence of stable … alternative democracy measures and extend the time period over which the democracy measures are averaged. These two simple … development of democracy, which raises concerns about the robustness and broader applicability of Woodberry's findings. We discuss …