What Counts as Evidence? Panel Data and the Empirical Evaluation of Revised Modernization Theory
Replying to our article (D&K) which shows that the proposed evidence for a clear causal effect of self expression values on democracy is highly questionable Welzel, Inglehart and Kruse (WIK) criticize our empirical evaluation of "Revized Modernization Theory" They claim that it is "irrelevant" (p.9) and "poses no challenge" (p.12) to the theory, asserting that "the evidence supports the emancipatory theory of democracy as it did in I&W's original analyses" (p.2)
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