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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tatu Vanhanen |
| ISBN: | 0415318602 9780415318600 9780203614501 020361450X |
| OCLC Number: | 51607536 |
| Description: | xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Debate on the causes of democratization -- Resource distribution -- Measures of democracy -- Explanatory variables -- A review of democratization in 1850-1998 -- Correlation analysis -- Regression analysis -- Analysis of single countries -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Data on the measures of democracy for 1999-2001 in 170 countries -- Appendix 2. Data on adult literacy and students in universities per 1000,000 inhabitants in 170 countries -- Appendix 3. The percentage of family farms of the total area of agricultural holdings in 170 countries, 1960-1995, and the percentage of the agricultural population in 1999 -- Appendix 4. The estimated degree of decentralization of mainly non-agricultural economic power resources (DD) in 170 countries, 1995-1999 -- Appendix 5. Data on GNP 1998 and GDP per capita (PPP US$) 1998 in 170 countries. |
| Series Title: | Routledge research in comparative politics, 7. |
| Responsibility: | Tatu Vanhanen. |
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Abstract:
This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Vanhanen argues that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource distribution.
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