Analyzing Democratic Change and Stability:A Human Development Theory of Democracy

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Analyzing Democratic Change and Stability:

A Human Development Theory of Democracy

Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart

Berlin, May 1999

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH (WZB) Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin,

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