Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Woodberry, Robert D
• Shah, Timothy S

Titel

THE PIONEERING PROTESTANTS

Ist Teil von

• Journal of democracy, 2004-04, Vol.15 (2), p.47-61

Ort / Verlag

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Woodberry and Shah say that there is a causal association between Protestantism and democracy, and that the association is not direct or automatic but mediated and contingent. Among the major mediating influences mentioned are the rise of religious pluralism, the development of democratic theory and practice, mass education, economic development and the reduction of corruption. These mechanism help to explain how and why Protestantism tends, on balance, to promote democracy and democratization over time.