Khodaverdian, Saeed - In: Kyklos 75 (2022) 4, pp. 580-606
The Muslim countries have a lower democracy level on average than the other countries. Yet, this cross …‐country comparison is not sufficient to blame Islam for the democracy deficit. This issue is related to the numerous fixed … characteristics that differ across the countries and that also have an effect on democracy. When the differences are not considered …