Two recent opinion pieces on culture and democracy

Two interesting articles with somewhat different perspectives on the relationship of culture to democracy:

• "Democratization: One View from Kuwait" by Dr. Samar Rashdan Al-Roomi, Kuwait Arab Times (via Intermittent Clarity)
  
• "Democracy Isn't 'Western': Cultural determinists should look beyond Ancient Greece" by Dr. Amartya Sen, Opinion Journal (from the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page) (via The Blogora)

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