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  • Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist, RAND
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Democracy spreads in waves – but shared cultural history might matter more than geography

David Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Luke J. Matthews, RAND; Quentin Douglas Atkinson, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Thanos Kyritsis, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

New research suggests countries with cosmopolitan values may be more likely to shift towards democracy, but democratic institutions can’t endure without sustained efforts to promote such values.

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