Economic development and democracy revisited
Why dependency theory is not yet dead
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6253100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Foweraker (University of Essex), Todd Landman (0000-0002-0281-7263, University of Essex) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Democratization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13510340412331294112 |
| OpenAlex | W2049653507 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
It is generally accepted that there is a relationship between economic development and democracy which can be demonstrated by quantitative empirical evidence. The difficulties of validating the empirical claims derive not so much from the measures of economic development as from the measures of democracy itself. Our inquiry deepens the investigation of the relationship by 'unpacking' the dependent variable into separate measures of eight core values of liberal democratic government for 40 countries over the period 1970-1998. Our model assumes that the quality of liberal democratic government is not one-dimensional but can be measured across this range of values, so creating 'performance profiles' and demonstrating the likely trade-offs across distinct democratic values. The results of the analysis confirm that economic development has positive effects on democratic performance, but these effects vary across diverse aspects of performance and also across regions
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Empirical research · Government (linguistics · Liberal democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Statistics · Unpacking · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · International Development and Aid · Law · Mathematics · Social Capital and Networks
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |