Book contents
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I Introduction
- II Maritime Geography
- III European Diffusion
- IV Alternate Explanations
- 12 Modalities of Geography
- 13 Modalities of European Diffusion
- 14 Economics, Institutions, Culture
- V Conclusions
- Appendix A: Variables
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Modalities of Geography
from IV - Alternate Explanations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I Introduction
- II Maritime Geography
- III European Diffusion
- IV Alternate Explanations
- 12 Modalities of Geography
- 13 Modalities of European Diffusion
- 14 Economics, Institutions, Culture
- V Conclusions
- Appendix A: Variables
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Existing research has considered other geographic factors, outside of harbors, that may influence regime type. Other authors have considered the effects of climate, irrigation, agriculture, mountains, and islands, among others. Chapter 12 explores each of these alternatives in turn. The chapter includes statistical tests of each of the theories in the same form as the tests of our primary theory on harbors. Of the alternatives, we find support for distance from the equator as an explanatory variable for democracy, although its effect is entirely mediated by European ancestry. Other geographic factors have tenuous relationships with democracy when tested at the global level.
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- The Deep Roots of Modern DemocracyGeography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions, pp. 307 - 321Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022