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WICI Talk – Dr. Jack Goldstone
March 31, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Speaker: Dr. Jack Goldstone
Title: Democracy and Development: Getting away from Linear Thinking to True Understanding
Date: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015, 2-4pm
Location: DC 1302
Abstract
The relation between Democracy and Economic Development has long been debated, as to whether it is causal and in which direction. Yet this entire debate is an artifact of treating the relationship as a linear one between two variables. When a dynamic approach is taken, graphing the relation between democracy and development over time within societies, a set of highly non-linear patterns emerges. This calls for an entirely different explanation, in which the basic relationship between democracy and development is revealed as spurious.
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