The debate of Seymour Martin Lipset's modernization theory with its involved main claim of a strong correlation between democratization and socio-economic modernization is discussed on a deepened level by the pioneers of transformation studies. Tatu Vanhanen appositely
clarified that - at the best case - developing countries are passing through a political modernization process by achieving the final stage of democracy at the same extent as their socio-economic development (Vanhanen 2003). Based on this thought the transformation scientists do widely agree: by all means, there has to be an evident interdependence between the level of socio-economic development and the ability for democracy. But is this causality a
necessary or even a sufficient condition? If we want to go further into this question, Latin America might be a fruitful area. Especially in the presently proclaimed “century of globalization and power shift” there is a considerable research interest on developing global areas such as Latin America1. According to the assignment's title my research question is: how meaningful is the impact of socio-economic parameters for the democratization of postauthoritarian countries of the “Third Wave” in Latin America?
Index
1. Introduction
2. Conceptualization
a. Definition of the relevant terms
b. Theoretical basis: main theories, corresponding hypotheses and
additional concepts
c. Research design
3. Operationalization
a. Independent variables
aa. Existence of market economy
ab. Democracy of the “Third Wave”
ac. Status of transformation: “institutionalized democracy”
ad. Cultural and religious component: Roman-Catholic affected 9 civilization as the dominating tradition within Latin America
and an indicator for democracy and freedom
ae. Confounding variable: Social disparity
af. Explanatory variable: socio-economic development
b. Dependent variable: democratization
4. Case selection
5. Analyses of the country-specific dates
a. Analysis of country 1: Brazil
b. Analysis of country 2: Uruguay
c. Analysis of country 3: Peru
d. Comparison and typologization
6. Conclusion
7. Annotations
8. Literature
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