Islam and democracy

Niklas Potrafke ()

Public Choice, 2012, vol. 151, issue 1, pages 185-192

Abstract: Using the POLITY IV and Freedom House indices, Rowley and Smith (Public Choice 139(3–4):273, 2009) found that countries with Muslim majorities enjoy less freedom and are less democratic than countries in which Muslims are a minority. Because the POLITY IV and Freedom House indices have been criticized on several grounds, I reinvestigate Rowley and Smith’s finding using the new Democracy-Dictatorship data from Cheibub et al. (Public Choice 143(1–2):67, 2010). The empirical results confirm that countries with Muslim majorities are indeed less likely to be democratic. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

Keywords: Islam; Religion; Democracy; Political institutions; Z12; O11; P16; P48; F59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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