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Modernization, Islam, or Social Capital: What Explains Attitudes Toward Democracy in the Muslim World?

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This article explains the determinants of individual support for democracy in 10 Muslim-majority countries. Starting with economic and cultural interpretations of modernization theory, the author advances an argument exploring cross-linkages between macro- and micro-level implications of this theory as they relate to attitudes toward democracy. The author also provides a test of two alternative explanations: social capital and Islamic values. A series of cross-national and ordinary least squares regressions utilizing the fourth wave of the World Values Survey demonstrates that, 50 years later, modernization theory is still a powerful tool for explaining democratic attitudes. Particularly, perceptions of gender equality show strong associations with democratic orientations. Although some support is found for the positive effect of political trust, religiosity and Islamic values poorly predict support for democracy in the Muslim world.

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Comparative Political Studies

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: sage publisher., 2010

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English

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00104140

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Vol. 43 no. 11, November 2010.pp. 1442-1470

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Crime
Populist right parties
Issue ownership
Political oppurtinity
Modernization, Islam, or Social Capital

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