In a Recent Article Published in World Politics, "Islam and Authoritarianism

question 4

Multiple Choice

In a recent article published in World Politics, "Islam and Authoritarianism," M. Steven Fish hypothesizes that Islamic countries are likely to have lower levels of democracy than non-Islamic countries do. What is the dependent variable in this hypothesis?

• A) whether a country is predominantly Muslim or not
• B) a country's level of democracy

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