political theory, we suggest that democratization is not about demands for redistribution from the elite; it is about demands …The impact of economic development on democratization has long concerned social scientists, with prominent recent … research focusing on the effects of economic inequality and factor specificity. Boix (2003) suggests that democratization is …

The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that …-market aspirations - and forces the elite to expand redistribution. Along the lines of this trade-off, our theory provides a Lipsetian … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative …