@inbook{8e18d6a7da24404090d0b39faa1bc3cc,
title = "Why Democracy Does Not Always Follow Economic Ripeness",
abstract = "Ninety years ago the German sociologist Werner Sombart posed the famous question: {\textquoteleft}Why is there no socialism in the United States?{\textquoteright}1 The query arose from what then appeared to be a sound theoretical premise: that capitalist development, specifically industrialization and the growth of the working class, will lead to the development of a strong socialist movement and pro-labour political parties.",
keywords = "Middle Class, Democratic Transition, Authoritarian Rule, Eastern Economic Review , Supreme Court Justice",
author = "Thompson, \{Mark R.\}",
year = "1997",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781349257782",
series = "St. Antony{\textquoteright}s Series",
publisher = "Macmillan Press Ltd.",
pages = "63--84",
editor = "Yossi Shain and Aharon Klieman",
booktitle = "Democracy",
}