Pathogens and politics: further evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism.

According to a "parasite stress" hypothesis, authoritarian governments are more likely to emerge in regions characterized by a high prevalence of disease-causing pathogens. Recent cross-national evidence is consistent with this hypothesis, but there are inferential limitations associated w...

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Main Authors: Damian R Murray, Mark Schaller, Peter Suedfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641067?pdf=render