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"No one suggests that the Arabs as a people... suffer from some pathological antipathy to democracy" Actually, there is a fair amount of evidence that routine
by fiatmoney 12y ago
"No one suggests that the Arabs as a people... suffer from some pathological antipathy to democracy"
Actually, there is a fair amount of evidence that routine endogamy is a significant impediment to the development of democracy.
- BugBrother 12y agoThis was interesting. Do you have a good overview or only papers as references? (Not doubting, interested. I have heard quite a few stories from Indian friends about their (female) relatives running away to marry the wrong religion, both muslim and hindu. But India is a special case, if anything is.) Edit: Thanks!
- fiatmoney 12y agoFor starters: http://jcc.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/24/0022022112443855 http://jcc.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/24/002202211244...
- sampo 12y agoThey have observed correlation, but I don't think that warrants to interpret causality. It could also be that freedom and democracy happen for some other reasons, and then later in a free and democratic society people will have less incentives to marry close relatives.
- fiatmoney 12y agoIt's also important to note that the particular direction of the causality is not necessary for it to be an impediment.