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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Economic and Political Origins

This book is the first to use modern social science methodology systematically to explain why some countries are democracies while others are not. Why does democracy sometimes persist and consolidate while other times it collapses? The treatment shows that whether or not a society becomes democratic depends on several factors.

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  • "专制和民主的经济起源"
  • "Zhuan zhi he min zhu de jing ji qi yuan"

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  • ""This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentives to overthrow it. These processes depend on the strength of civil society, the structure of political institutions, the nature of political and economic crises, the level of economic inequality, the structure of the economy, and the form and extent of globalization."--Publisher description."
  • "This book is the first to use modern social science methodology systematically to explain why some countries are democracies while others are not. Why does democracy sometimes persist and consolidate while other times it collapses? The treatment shows that whether or not a society becomes democratic depends on several factors."@en
  • "This book is the first to use modern social science methodology systematically to explain why some countries are democracies while others are not. Why does democracy sometimes persist and consolidate while other times it collapses? The treatment shows that whether or not a society becomes democratic depends on several factors"
  • "This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation ofdemocracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracyis preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentives to overthrow it. These processes depend on the strength of civil society, the structure of political institutions, the nature of political and economic crises, the level of economic inequality, the structure of the economy, and the form and extent of globalization."

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  • "Llibres electrònics"
  • "Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy"
  • "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy : Economic and Political Origins"
  • "政治发展的经济分析 : 专制和民主的经济起源"
  • "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Economic and Political Origins"
  • "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Economic and Political Origins"@en
  • "Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy : economic and political origins"
  • "Zheng zhi fa zhan de jing ji fen xi : zhuan zhi he min zhu de jing ji qi yuan"
  • "Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy"
  • "Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy"@en

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