Most of the existing studies regarding the spread of capitalism and democratization in the former Eastern Bloc states …. This Study attempts to provide a balanced view of the topic and suggests that since Russia has never been a democracy, its … democratization is very problematic …

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …

entered a New Gilded Age? What are the political consequences of the growing income gap? Can democracy survive such vast …

Does economic inequality influence citizens' support for democracy? Political economy theory suggests that in a country … with high inequality the majority of the population will support democracy as a potential mechanism for redistribution … inequality reduce support for democracy amongst all social classes. We also find a small prospective egocentric effect, in that …