附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-288) and index.
Debate on the causes of democratization -- Resource distribution -- Measures of democracy -- Explanatory variables -- A review of democratization in 1850-1998 -- Correlation analysis -- Regression analysis -- Analysis of single countries -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Data on the measures of democracy for 1999-2001 in 170 countries -- Appendix 2. Data on adult literacy and students in universities per 1000,000 inhabitants in 170 countries -- Appendix 3. The percentage of family farms of the total area of agricultural holdings in 170 countries, 1960-1995, and the percentage of the agricultural population in 1999 -- Appendix 4. The estimated degree of decentralization of mainly non-agricultural economic power resources (DD) in 170 countries, 1995-1999 -- Appendix 5. Data on GNP 1998 and GDP per capita (PPP US$) 1998 in 170 countries.
