The cultural evolution of democracy: saltational changes in a political regime landscape.

Transitions to democracy are most often considered the outcome of historical modernization processes. Socio-economic changes, such as increases in per capita GNP, education levels, urbanization and communication, have traditionally been found to be correlates or 'requisites' of democratic...

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Main Authors: Patrik Lindenfors, Fredrik Jansson, Mikael Sandberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3227648?pdf=render