http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/democratic-development Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 13:26:48 -0400 Sat, 16 May 2026 13:26:48 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1210/revisions-to-lipsets-economic-theory-of-democratic-development-india-as-a-case-study By Anwesha Banerjee - Seymour M. Lipset dubbed economic development a “social requisite to democracy,” considering factors such as national wealth, a large degree of industrialization, and high levels of education to be necessary fertilizers to prepare a breeding ground for democracy. Citing many different cases throughout history leading up to the present (which, for him at the time of writing his article, “Some Social Requisites of Democracy,” was 1959), he famously posited that “the more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances that it will sustain democracy.”1 While these... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:41 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1210/revisions-to-lipsets-economic-theory-of-democratic-development-india-as-a-case-study