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Democracy

Democracy is a normative political system in which the collective exercise of equal, participatory rights and institutional mechanisms for accountable governance constitutes the sovereign authority of the people in determining laws and leadership.

37.4K

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2.8M

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29.9K

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4.3K

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6.6K

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37.4K

An Economic Theory of Democracy.

Edward C. Banfield, Anthony J. Downs · Midwest Journal of Political Science · 1958 · 18.9K citations

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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Francis Fukuyama, Joseph A. Schumpeter · Foreign Affairs · 1997 · 15.5K citations

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Making democracy work: civic traditions in modern Italy

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 14.5K citations

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Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital

Robert D. Putnam · Journal of democracy · 1995 · 14K citations

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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy

Fritz Stern, Robert D. Putnam · Foreign Affairs · 1993 · 11.3K citations

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Authors

29.9K

  1. SI
    Staffan I. Lindberg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    77 publications · 8.6K citations

    47

    h-index

  2. LD
    Larry Diamond

    Stanford University, United States

    65 publications · 11K citations

    39

    h-index

  3. JS
    John S. Dryzek

    Australian National University, Australia

    41 publications · 8.4K citations

    36

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  4. FF
    Francis Fukuyama

    Stanford University, United States

    46 publications · 26.6K citations

    33

    h-index

  5. RR
    Richard Rose

    University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

    44 publications · 4.8K citations

    31

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Institutions

4.3K

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    87 h-index

    259 publications

    31.7K citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    85 h-index

    379 publications

    36.6K citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    80 h-index

    264 publications

    32.9K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    79 h-index

    233 publications

    33.4K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    76 h-index

    344 publications

    23.8K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    73 h-index

    264 publications

    30.4K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    72 h-index

    215 publications

    30.5K citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    70 h-index

    264 publications

    23.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2.2K publications · 349K citations

    264

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  2. American Political Science Review

    489 publications · 91K citations

    149

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  3. Journal of democracy

    773 publications · 96.6K citations

    130

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  4. Foreign Affairs

    351 publications · 88.7K citations

    111

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  5. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 372 publications · 42.5K citations

    111

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