Editing Democratization (section)

=== Historical factors ===
==== Historical legacies ====
In seeking to explain why North America developed stable democracies and Latin America did not, Seymour Martin Lipset, in ''The Democratic Century'' (2004), holds that the reason is that the initial patterns of colonization, the subsequent process of economic incorporation of the new colonies, and the wars of independence differ. The divergent histories of Britain and Iberia are seen as creating different cultural legacies that affected the prospects of democracy.<ref>Seymour Martin Lipset and Jason Lakin, ''The Democratic Century''. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, Part II.</ref> A related argument is presented by [[James A. Robinson (economist)|James A. Robinson]] in "Critical Junctures and Developmental Paths" (2022).<ref>James A. Robinson, "Critical Junctures and Developmental Paths: Colonialism and Long-Term Economic Prosperity," Ch. 2, in David Collier and Gerardo L. Munck (eds.), ''Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies: Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science''. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.</ref>