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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| author | Chun, Natalie Hasan, Rana Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Ulubaşoğlu, Mehmet A |
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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’ effect in a panel of 145 countries over the period 1985 to 2013. Using several middle class measures and a dynamic panel estimator, we show that the ‘middle class-driven modernization’ hypothesis finds strong empirical support in the sample of developing countries excluding Eastern Europe and Central Asia, while the ‘middle class-driven democratic domino’ effect finds support in the sample of developing countries excluding East Asia and the Pacific. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-806942021-01-15T04:10:12Z The role of middle class in democratic diffusion Chun, Natalie Hasan, Rana Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Ulubaşoğlu, Mehmet A Social Sciences Business, Finance Economics Business & Economics Middle class Modernization hypothesis Spatial domino theory Democracy ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT INCOME-DISTRIBUTION PANEL-DATA INEQUALITY POLITICS POVERTY © 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’ effect in a panel of 145 countries over the period 1985 to 2013. Using several middle class measures and a dynamic panel estimator, we show that the ‘middle class-driven modernization’ hypothesis finds strong empirical support in the sample of developing countries excluding Eastern Europe and Central Asia, while the ‘middle class-driven democratic domino’ effect finds support in the sample of developing countries excluding East Asia and the Pacific. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80694 10.1016/j.iref.2015.10.021 English http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059056015001719 ELSEVIER restricted |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Business, Finance Economics Business & Economics Middle class Modernization hypothesis Spatial domino theory Democracy ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT INCOME-DISTRIBUTION PANEL-DATA INEQUALITY POLITICS POVERTY Chun, Natalie Hasan, Rana Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Ulubaşoğlu, Mehmet A The role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| title | The role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| title_full | The role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| title_fullStr | The role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| title_short | The role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| title_sort | role of middle class in democratic diffusion |
| topic | Social Sciences Business, Finance Economics Business & Economics Middle class Modernization hypothesis Spatial domino theory Democracy ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT INCOME-DISTRIBUTION PANEL-DATA INEQUALITY POLITICS POVERTY |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059056015001719 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80694 |