Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz in a "review essay":http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8452384&fulltextType=RV&fileId=S1537592711003756 in
"Xavier Marquez":http://abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/uncanny-accuracy-of-european-public.html raises a very interesting question. bq. European public