Development and Democracy.

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      Discusses the development of China and how many thought that economic reform would lead to a political reform as well. How China did not follow this pattern to democracy; Assertion that the link between economic development and what is generally called liberal democracy is weak and may be getting weaker; Way that economic growth can be used to strengthen oppressive regimes; Possible explanations for the lengthy lag between the onset of economic growth and the emergence of liberal democracy; Need for the United States to rethink its plans to spread democracy around the globe.