Politics and Primacy: How Dictatorship and Development Set the Stage for Democratization

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2009

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Mershon Center for International Security Studies

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How does a society move from dictatorship to democracy? Social theorists usually explain this using political modernization theory. PMT asserts that industrialization leads to urbanization, creating a class structure in which different interest groups vie for power. While these struggles can be violent –- what theorists call a society's "growing pains" -– eventually cross affiliations or mutual needs make violence counterproductive, leading to democratic decision-making, political parties and elections.

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Research project funded in academic year 2008-09
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dictators, social control, primate cities

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47264

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