Yuxuan (Carlos) Hua

Tag: development theory

  • Comparative Review of Democratic Preconditions

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    Both the development’s theory contended in Lipset (1959) and the social origin theory introduced in Moore (1966) and reviewed in Skocpol (1973) discuss on various preconditions of establishing democracies. This article will examine on the mechanisms to establish democracy that Lipset and Moore argued, as well as the evidence and comparative design that their studies…

  • Explanatory Leverage of the Development Theory

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    Various studies examine on how a country’s development can account for the survival and stability of its democracy. They connect different concepts and indicators of development with the persistence of democracies worldwide, testing their whether correlations or causations, or both, exist between the two.