Inequality and Democratization
An Elite-Competition Approach
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Author
Publication
2014 - Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Word Count
63,500 words, Guess
Page Count
254 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28540591M
- ISBN-139781107000360
- OCLC Control Number879983519
- Library of Congress Control Number2014018359
Classifications
- LCCJC423 .A578 2014
Description
"Research on the economic origins of democracy and dictatorship has shifted away from the impact of growth and turned toward the question of how different patterns of growth - equal or unequal - shape regime change. This book offers a new theory of the historical relationship between economic modernization and the emergence of democracy on a global scale, focusing on the effects of land and income inequality. Contrary to most mainstream arguments, Ben W. Ansell and David J. Samuels suggest that democracy is more likely to emerge when rising, yet politically disenfranchised, groups demand more influence because they have more to lose, rather than when threats of redistribution to elite interests are low"--
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- Inequality and Democratization
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