The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution /

Throughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is that humans are social primates with an innate tendency for hierarch...

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Main Authors:	Somit, Albert (Author), Peterson, Steven A. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Democracy. Development Policy. International Relations. Political Science. Political Theory. Economic policy. International relations. Political science. Social sciences. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book