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"How Solid is Mass Support for Democracy—And How Can We Measure It?"

Description

A data set based on summary information provided in Inglehart's (2003) article in PS: Political Science & Politics. These data would be from the article itself and only indirectly from the raw World or European Values Survey.

Usage

inglehart03

Format

A data frame with 77 observations on the following 4 variables.

state_year

the state year and survey year, as provided in the article

havedem

the percentage of respondents saying having a democratic political system is "very good" or "good"

strongleader

the percentage of respondents saying having a strong leader unencumbered by elections or parliaments is "very good" or "good"

muslim

a dummy variable that equals 1 if Inglehart codes the state as being a "predominently Islamic society"

Details

Data manually entered based on Table 1 and Table 2 in Inglehart's (2003) article.

References

Inglehart, Ronald. 2003. "How Solid is Mass Support for Democracy—And How Can We Measure It?" PS: Political Science & Politics 36(1): 51–57.

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