Chapter 3

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Vatter, A., Flinders, M., & Bernauer, J. (May 2013). A Global Trend Toward Democratic Convergence? A Lijphartian Analysis of Advanced Democracies. Comparative Political Studies XX(X). 1-28.

• What evidence do the authors find for democratic convergence, and how do their findings differ from Lijphart’s? Explain.
   
• What hypotheses do they test?
   
• What dependent variables do they use? What are their independent variables? Why? How do these differ from variables used in other studies?

Kotzian, P.K. (December 2010). Public Support for Liberal Democracy. International Political Science Review 32(1). 23-41.

• What is the main research question this article addresses?
   
• What prior arguments about public support does the authors respond to in this article?
   
• What methods does the author use to test his hypothesis? What are his variables?
   
• What are his findings?

Ciftci, S. (May 2010). Modernization, Islam, or Social Capital: What Explains Attitudes Towards Democracy in the Muslim World? Comparative Political Studies 43(11). 1442-1470.

• What are the determinants of individual support for democracy in Muslim countries?
   
• What methods does the author use? What were the dependent and independent variables?