Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China

Gerard Padro -i-Miquel () and Nancy Qian

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Abstract: This paper aims to show that culture is an important determinant of the effectiveness of formal democratic institutions, such as elections. It is found that social capital complements democratic institutions such as elections.

Keywords: Civic Capital; Trust; Institutions; social capital; democratic institutions; elections; China; culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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