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The modernization thesis asserts that affluence breeds stable democracy. How do you explain the success of India being the world’s largest democracy as an exceptional case?

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  • State in Comparative Perspective

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Seymour Martin Lipset's "Some Social Requisites of Democracy" (1959) gave the modernization thesis its classic form: the more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances that it will sustain democracy. India adopted universal franchise in 1951–52 with literacy below a fifth and among the world's lowest incomes, yet has held competitive elections for over seven…

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