Zimmerling, Ruth. "Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44:2 (June 2003): 196-216.

“In this paper I will take a critical look at the state of knowledge about prerequisites of democracy within the academic discipline of political science. I will argue that over the past one and a half centuries or so, this knowledge has advanced less than one might expect, and will offer an interpretation as to why this is so and what follows from it for an adequate approach to improve the situation.”

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