This paper explores why former British plantation colonies have relatively high levels of democracy through an analysis … democratic system during the final years of colonialism. It was made possible through extensive political reforms backed by …

democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …

_Scientific Economic Laws Of Capitalism -- Chapter 3_European Colonialism And Capitalist Development -- Chapter 4_Hobsbawm … -- Chapter 7_Inequality, Power Relations, And Democracy -- Chapter 8_Toughest Challenge Of Economics: Human Society Isn …

_Scientific Economic Laws Of Capitalism -- Chapter 3_European Colonialism And Capitalist Development -- Chapter 4_Hobsbawm … -- Chapter 7_Inequality, Power Relations, And Democracy -- Chapter 8_Toughest Challenge Of Economics: Human Society Isn …

This paper identifies indirect and direct colonial rule as causal factors in shaping support for democracy by … spatial discontinuity, we find that individuals in indirectly ruled areas are less likely to support democracy and turnout at …