The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution

Throughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is that humans are social primates with an innate tendency for hierarch...

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Main Authors: Somit, A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Peterson, S. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403978424
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