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Preaching Democracy

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  • Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck

    (Department of Business and Economics)

  • Jensen, Peter Sandholt

    (Department of Business and Economics)

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This paper presents evidence that the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) exerted a critical influence on the evolution of democracy worldwide, a view first advanced in the seminal work of Huntington (1991). We gather qualitative case-study evidence on how the Catholic Church influenced the post-Conciliar democratization process in different national contexts. We also adopt a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to show that Vatican II strongly predicts different measures of democracy. Taken together, the evidence substantiates Huntington’s dictum that the third wave of democratization was a Catholic wave.

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  • Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck & Jensen, Peter Sandholt, 2017. "Preaching Democracy," Discussion Papers on Economics 4/2017, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:sdueko:2017_004
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    1. Martin Paldam, 2020. "A study of triggering events: When do political regimes change?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 182(1), pages 181-199, January.

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    Keywords

    Democracy; third wave; religion; Catholic Church; Second Vatican Council; causal-process observations; difference-in-difference estimation;
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    JEL classification:

    • N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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