Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of 170 Countries / Edition 1

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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 constructs a compelling argument, concluding that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource distribution.

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Tatu Vanhanen is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is also the author of The Process of Democratization, Prospects of Democracy and The Democratization of Eastern Europe.

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Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction 1
1 Debate on the causes of democratization 7
2 Resource distribution theory of democratization 25
3 Measures of democracy 48
4 Explanatory variables 79
5 A review of democratization in 1850-1998 104
6 Correlation analysis 121
7 Regression analysis 133
8 Analysis of single countries 147
9 Conclusions 183
App. 1 Data on the measures of democracy for 1999-2001 in 170 counties 190
App. 2 Data on adult literacy and students in universities per 100,000 inhabitants in 170 countries 233
App. 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 239
App. 4 The estimated degree of decentralization of mainly non-agricultural economic power resource (DD) in 170 countries, 1995-1999 257
App. 5 Data on GNP 1998 and GDP per capita (PPP US$) 1998 in 170 countries 265
References 270
Index 289
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