dc.contributor.author | Rob Clark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-14T19:52:39Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-30T15:32:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-14T19:52:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-30T15:32:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-10-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Clark, R. (2012). World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 53(5-6), 367-399. doi: 10.1177/0020715212470122 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/24837 | |
dc.description.abstract | Global levels of democracy are higher than ever before, and democratic principles are now institutionalized as a world cultural norm. Nevertheless, a number of countries continue to feature governing systems that restrict political rights. Against this backdrop, I revisit traditional claims by world-system theory regarding the impact of the core/periphery hierarchy on national political systems. In doing so, I draw attention to the uneven character of democratic growth across world-system zones. Using an updated trichotomous measure of world-system position, and drawing from Freedom House and Polity IV ratings of democracy, I construct an annual time-series dataset producing a maximum of 5445 observations across 161 countries during the 1972–2008 period. Employing a series of random-effects tobit models with year-by-covariate interaction terms, I compare democratic growth among nations in the core, semiperiphery, and periphery. The results indicate significant gaps in democracy between core and non-core nations that are not dissipating over time, and that are perhaps growing slightly larger. In a series of robustness checks, I find that using an alternative measure of world-system position, an alternative measure of democracy, and an alternative estimation strategy produce similar results. In sum, despite the global spread of democracy, world-system boundaries remain fundamental in hindering cross-national convergence. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Journal of Comparative Sociology | |
dc.subject | Democracy | en_US |
dc.subject | development | en_US |
dc.subject | diffusion | en_US |
dc.subject | globalization | en_US |
dc.subject | world-system | en_US |
dc.title | World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008 | en_US |
dc.type | Research Article | en_US |
dc.description.peerreview | Yes | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewnotes | https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelines | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0020715212470122 | en_US |
dc.rights.requestable | false | en_US |