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 …

-governance movement among hundreds of millions of homeowners in China, this research examines the tension between authoritarianism and … degree of risk can make the institutional reforms necessary to accommodate the grassroots democracy. This research of the …, space and territorial control to the study of authoritarianism. It also deepens our understanding of authoritarianism and …

literature on democratic breakdown: the rise and fall of Argentine democracy between 1916 and 1930. First, we demonstrate that … the allocation of political power. These findings support the view that stable democracy requires that all major groups in …