• Dr. Sumeet Thakur
• Babu Ram

Developing countries since the 1950s have faced the task of achieving twin targets of democracy and economic development. They faced this arduous twin task due to the progress of the historical process which culminated into the Western Civilization and nation states. These former colonial states emerged as the ideal type of modernization process in all dimensions - economic , political and psychological. Even the elites of the newly liberated countries were imbued in the modern conception of liberty and equality which reflected the hegemony of the Western Civilization. Adoption of democracy in poor countries after independence created the problem of excess demands upon the state, which was the result of the sense of equality which democracy instils among its citizens without creating the capability in the political system. This became the developmental trap which Fred Rigges pointed out in his comparative studies of the newly independent countries. Establishment of democratic regimes in the newly independent countries soon found out the difficult task of balancing between creating the capability of the political system by investment and increasing productivity and on the other side every increasing mobilisation of the marginalised communities demanding from the state to provide them resources. This was the reason why many newly independent countries soon left the path of democratisation or their popular leaders transformed themselves into dictators.

Democracy and Economic Development - A Complex Relationship

"Democracy and Economic Development - A Complex Relationship ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.a834-a842, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406099.pdf

"Democracy and Economic Development - A Complex Relationship ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppa834-a842, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406099.pdf