The Matthew effect in political science: head start and key reforms important for democratization
Abstract Are some countries better equipped from the onset of a democratization process to become democracies? We compared successful and failed episodes of liberalization over the period 1900 to 2018 to examine if starting state influences the probability of successful democratization. We show that...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00596-7 |