Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. There seems to be a negative relationship between income and democracy.
2. This variant of modernization theory says that it’s not income per se that encourages democracy but rather changes in the socioeconomic structure of a country that accompany economic development.
3. The political resource curse is about the survival of democracy, not the emergence of democracy.
4. According to the implications of the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty theory, we should expect that countries in which the state controls high levels of natural resources are more likely to be democratic than countries in which the state does not control high levels of natural resources.
5. There is considerable evidence to support modernization theory’s claim that countries are more likely to become democratic and remain democratic as their economies become more “modern.”


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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