"Are democracies created through the top-down development of political structures and institutions?" -- no. -- http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/25/Columns/Why_democracy_will_fa.shtml …
@Scholars_Stage ...dunno about japan. so, the top-down stuff many scholars emphasize might be just a continuation of long-standing trends.
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@hbdchick See for me the question isn't "why did democracy fail in Iraq but work in France" but "why did democracy fail in the France of the -
1780s but work in France of the 1870s." Or "Why did it fail in Japan of 1920s but succeed in Japan of 1950s."
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@hbdchick cuz the populations of Japan of 1955 &1925 were not that different. Essentially the same people, +a baby boom. Explanations of -
@hbdchick for why demo doesn't wrk in a given country that rely on inherit, 'unchangeable' aspects of culture (...or biology) have trouble -
@hbdchick here. Something *changed* in these countries that made democracy possible. And sustainable. What was it? Until we know what 'it' -
@hbdchick is, I am unprepared to say that we know functional democracy can't happen in M.E., Africa, etc. in a top-down sort of way. -
@Scholars_Stage@hbdchick freedom house has democracy index scores going back to 1970s, score split into "electoral" & "liberal" components+ -
@Scholars_Stage@hbdchick + clearly there's been huge improvement world-wide, more in "electoral" than in "liberal" score, though + - 1 more reply
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