The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative … relationship between inequality and democratization. Furthermore, we obtain new insights on the resources-curse hypothesis and on …

. We study the conditions under which a state of law can be implemented under oligarchy, and when democratization is … necessary. Inequality in endowments and incomes prolongs the absence of good institutions and delays democratization. Conversely …

democratization. Using a rational choice approach to non-democratic regimes, this paper argues that there is a trade-off between these … alleviation means less democratization, and vice versa. It is possible to overcome this trade-off, however, if one can arouse the … democratization, and that democratic governments as well as dictators do have a common interest in implementing it. …