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Urbanization and democracy in the framework of modernization theory:recent empi...

Author(s): Dima, Bogdan cv logo 1 ; Leitão, Nuno Carlos cv logo 2 ; Dima, Stefana cv logo 3

Date: 2011

Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/554

Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém

Subject(s): Democracy; Modernization; Urbanization; Polity IV; GMM system


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The goal of this study is to provide empirical evidence for existence of positive relationship between urbanization and democracy. We involve a dataset of 56 developing countries covering a time span between 1982 and 2007. The research hypothesis is that developing countries tend to be more democratic at higher levels of urbanization. We test this hypothesis within GMM methodological framework and find some evidences.
Document Type Article
Language English
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