The role of middle class in democratic diffusion

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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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