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Ronald Inglehart

Politics & Society May/June 2018 Comment

The Age of Insecurity

Democratization and modernization, once inseparable, seem to be coming apart. Yet democracy’s future is not preordained; its success or failure will depend on whether...

Ronald Inglehart

Power to the populist: Trump at a rally in Florida, December 2017.

Economics January/February 2016 Comment

Inequality and Modernization

Today the conflict over inequality is no longer between the working class and the middle class; it is between a tiny elite and the great majority of citizens. The...

Ronald Inglehart

The Occupy London camp outside St. Paul's Cathedral, London, protesting against inequality.

Economic Development July/August 2009 Response

Which Way Is History Marching?

Debating the Authoritarian Revival

Azar Gat, Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry, and Ronald I

Economic Development March/April 2009 Essay

How Development Leads to Democracy

Democratic institutions tend to emerge only when certain social and cultural conditions exist. But economic development and modernization push those conditions in the...

Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel

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