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Socio-Economic Development and Political Democracy in Japanese Prefectures

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  • Kim, Chong Lim

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This research note attempts to test the relationship between levels of socio-economic development and variation in political democracy with data gathered in Japanese prefectures. The operational measures of socio-economic development are the levels of urban-industrialism and social overhead capital, which are derived from the results of factor analysis of fifteen socio-economic indicators. Three measures of political democracy are obtained by factor-analyzing political indicators: they are the degrees of political competition, political participation, and representation equality. The analysis of the data reveals weak relationships between the two measures of socio-economic development and the three measures of political democracy. This finding challenges the validity of some generalizations regarding economic-political linkages previously reported in many cross-national studies. In the context of within-nation comparisons, this study suggests the need for a re-evaluation of the relationship between socio-economic development and political democracy.

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  • Kim, Chong Lim, 1971. "Socio-Economic Development and Political Democracy in Japanese Prefectures," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 65(1), pages 184-186, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:65:y:1971:i:01:p:184-186_30
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    1. Efeoglu, Rabia & Azgun , Sabri, 2022. "The Effect of Industrial, Financial, Technological and Environmental Development Indicators on the Democracy Level in Emerging Economies," Journal of Economic Development, The Economic Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, vol. 47(2), pages 1-19, June.

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