It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term.

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The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox...

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox...

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which...

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which...

I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about...

I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about...

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive...

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive...

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in...

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in...

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural...

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural...

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market...

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market...

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one...

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one...

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations...

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations...

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel...

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel...

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power...

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power...

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would...

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would...

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people...

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people...

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy...

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy...

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture....

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture....

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes...

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes...

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will...

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will...

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical...

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical...

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular...

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular...