The role of middle class in democratic diffusion

The role of middle class in democratic diffusion

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. The modernization hypothesis and the democratic domino theory have been at the forefront in explaining the democratization around the globe. This paper empirically investigates the ‘middle class-driven modernization’ hypothesis and the ‘middle class-driven democratic domino’...

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Main Authors: Chun, Natalie, Hasan, Rana, Rahman, Muhammad Habibur, Ulubaşoğlu, Mehmet A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER 2016
Subjects:
Social Sciences
Business, Finance
Economics
Business & Economics
Middle class
Modernization hypothesis
Spatial domino theory
Democracy
ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT
INCOME-DISTRIBUTION
PANEL-DATA
INEQUALITY
POLITICS
POVERTY
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059056015001719
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80694

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80694

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