Conversionary Protestants do not cause democracy
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religion; democracy; economic history; political institutions;All these keywords.
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- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
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- NEP-HIS-2020-03-16 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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