Diffusion, Development, and Democracy, 1800-1999
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4522639 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Wejnert (0000-0002-1738-5248, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-81 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000312240507000104 |
| OpenAlex | W2006516589 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 99 |
| References cited | 85 |
While a trend of growth in democratization over the past two centuries has been generally observed, it is the remarkable growth in the democratization of the world over the past 30 years that has truly captured the imagination of social scientists, policymakers, and the general public alike. Two major sets of factors have dominated studies attempting to predict democratization. One set characterizes endogenous or internal features of countries, and may be referred to as socioeconomic development. The other set, less often tested, characterizes exogenous variables that influence democratization via forces at work globally and within the region in which a country resides; this set may be referred to as diffusion processes. This study provides the first systematic comparison of these two sets of variables. When assessed alone, development indicators are robust predictors of democracy, but their predictive power fades with the inclusion of diffusion variables. In particular, diffusion predictors of spatial proximity and networks are robust predictors of democratic growth in both the world and across all regions. The results demonstrate that regional patterns in democratization are evident, and hence world analyses are only the first approximation to understanding democratic growth. Finally, this study introduces an application of Multilevel Regression Models to studies on democratization. Such models fit observed data on world democratization better than the simple regression models used in most previous studies
Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Predictive power · Regression analysis · Set (abstract data type · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Capital and Networks
Demographic Structure and Democracy
Free Traders
Parasites, democratization, and the liberalization of values across contemporary countries
Ideology and Networks
Middle Eastern Beliefs about the Causal Linkages of Development to Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights
Developmental Idealism
The Sociology of Religious Freedom
Saints and Soviets Again — Inventing the ‘New Man’ by American Capitalism and Soviet Socialism Revisited
Structural Position in the Global Economy and Major Episodes of Civil Violence, 1970 to 2018
Short and long run democracy diffusion
Varieties and Variations of Functional Differentiation
The Emergence of Dual-Earner Couples
Two 'Waves' of Guerrilla-Movement Organizing in Latin America, 1956-1990
For Export Only
The Long March
Disruptive Democratization
Globalization and Contemporary Fertility Convergence
The contagion of democracy through international networks
Diffusion and the choice of democratic government system at the time of democratisation
Hidden Climato-Economic Roots of Differentially Privileged Cultures
Soft Power, World System Dynamics, and Democratization
Activists Against Autocrats
Diffusion and decoupling in the world heritage movement
Family Systems and the Historical Roots of Global Gaps in Democracy
The Diffusion of Financial Liberalization in Developing Countries
Varieties of Transition from Authoritarianism to Democracy
The ideational origins of European democratization
A Tale of Two Trends
Domestic and Transnational Perspectives on Democratization
The Case for Comparative Regional Analysis in International Politics
Does the EU ever import its policies? The overlooked role of international institutions
Looking Back and Forging Ahead
Hegemonic Stability, World Cultural Diffusion, and Trade Globalization 1
Cross‐national governmental treatment toward atheists since 1816
Institutional Conditions of Economic Globalization
Migration, International Telecommunications, and Human Rights 1
Female Empowerment as a Core Driver of Democratic Development
What an Instrumentalist Perspective Adds to Cultural-Modernization Theory
Long Time Coming
Effects of Global Democracy on Women's Reproductive Health
Does Radical Partisan Politics Affect National Income Distributions? Congressional Polarization and Income Inequality in the United States, 1913–2008
From Transition to Diffusion
Modernisierung und Demokratisierung
World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008
A New Trichotomous Measure of World-system Position Using the International Trade Network
Appropriating democratic discourse in North Africa
Democracy and child health in developing countries
What factors matter for trade at the global level? Testing five approaches to globalization, 1820–2007
The External Incentives Model Embedded
The Collapse of State Power, the Cluniac Reform Movement, and the Origins of Urban Self-Government in Medieval Europe
The Diffusion of Regime Contention in European Democratization, 1830-1940
Diffusion Through Multiple Domains
Interactive Diffusion
Social Networks and Macrosocial Change
Global Neoliberalism as a Cultural Order and Its Expansive Educational Effects
Anglo-American Primacy and the Global Spread of Democracy
Gender-Imbalanced Well-Being
Does Democracy Affect Income Distribution? Preliminary Evidence for OECD Countries
Modalities of Democratic Transformation
Shared cultural ancestry predicts the global diffusion of democracy
Democracy
Women's Transnational Activism, Norm Cascades, and Quota Adoption in The Developing World
The Diffusion of Urban Medieval Representation
The Two-step Model of Clustered Democratization
The Diffusion of Nonviolent Campaigns
Aid Modalities Matter
The Spread of Bureaucratic Oversight Mechanisms across Intergovernmental Organizations1
Diffusion or Confusion? Clustered Shocks and the Conditional Diffusion of Democracy
Transgovernmental networks as catalysts for democratic change? EU functional cooperation with Arab authoritarian regimes and socialization of involved state officials into democratic governance
Rethinking Democratic Diffusion
From Open to Secret Ballot
The International Diffusion of Democracy
Diffusion of Diaspora Enfranchisement Norms
The Influence of International Factors in the Process of Democratization
Regime Change Cascades
Democratization During the Third Wave
Democracy Satisfaction
Active resistance to democratic diffusion
Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and gender equality in 122 countries
Mass Mobilization and the Durability of New Democracies
The Global Rise of Democracy
Globalization and Commitment in Corporate Social Responsibility
Labor Unions and Good Governance
Far-right domino
How Their Laws Affect our Laws
Latent territorial threat and democratic regime reversals
Pathways to external citizenship
Learning about Growth and Democracy
Political Institutions and Regimes since 1600
Income inequality in the post-2000 era
What is democracy? Promises and perils of the Arab Spring
Paradoxes of China's Economic Boom
Countries Mimicking Neighbors
The Spatial Diffusion of Counterterrorist Legislation, 1970-2011
The Explosive Rise of a Political Party
Is Lying Contagious? Spatial Diffusion of High-Yield 'Satellites' during China's Great Leap Forward
Democracy and the Class Struggle
The Social Structure of the World Polity
Religion and Support for Democracy
Communication of innovations
Capitalist development and democracy
Elites and Democratic consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe
Polyarchy
Institutional Structure
Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
Using SAS PROC Mixed to Fit Multilevel Models, Hierarchical Models, and Individual Growth Models
Using SAS PROC Mixed to Fit Multilevel Models, Hierarchical Models, and Individual Growth Models
World handbook of political and social indicators
Hierarchical linear models
Comparing nations
Political man
World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators, 1961-1963
Democracy and Development
Democracy and the Media
Securing Democracy
The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited
Capitalist Development and Democracy
Political Regimes and Economic Growth
Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs
From Empire to Nation
Waves of Democracy
Democracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries
The Power of the Powerless
World Development Indicators 2000
Multilevel Statistical Models
The Civic Culture
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Power in Movement
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Globalization, the world system, and ?democracy promotion? in U.S. foreign policy
The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America
Margins, Centers, and Democracy
Capitalism by Democratic Design
Home Satellite TV Reception in Bulgaria
Modeled Variance in Two-Level Models
The Transformation of the Western State
Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy
Islamic fundamentalisms and the Gulf crisis
The Diffusion of Democracy, 1946–1994
Democratic Transition and Breakdown in Western Europe, 1870-1939
National Industrial Structure and the Global System
The modern world-system
Inequality and Instability
Democratization and Political Tolerance in Seventeen Countries
The Transition from Authoritarian Rule
What Makes Democracies Endure
Africa
Democratic Dominoes
La Globalizzazione Della Democrazia
The Politics and Economics of Democratic Commitment
Support for Democracy in Africa
Modernization
Transitions to Democracy
Citizenship and the Place of the Public Sphere
Democracy and Demographic Inheritance
Concessions, Repression, and Political Protest in the Iranian Revolution
The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited
Political Democracy and the Timing of Development
Political Democracy and the Size Distribution of Income
Issues in the Comparative Measurement of Political Democracy
From Dependency to Sovereignty
Political Rights and Income Inequality
World System Position, Dependency, and Democracy
Tracking Democracy's Third Wave with the Polity III Data
The Case for Cultural Diplomacy
Some Social Requisites of Democracy
Some Conditions of Democracy
Persistence and Change in Political Systems, 1800-1971
State Socialism and the Industrial Divide in the World-Economy
Comparing Nations
Integrating Models of Diffusion of Innovations
Globalization and Democracy
Structural Position in the World System and Economic Growth, 1955-1970
| Unique citing works | 99 |
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| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 98 |