Inequality and democratization: an elite-competition approach
by Ansell, Ben W. Samuels, David J.
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 …
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- Full title :Inequality and democratization : an elite-competition approach / Ben W. Ansell, David J. Samuels
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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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- Publication Date:2014
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
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- Description:xvii, 229 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780521168793, 0521168791, 9781107000360, 110700036X
- oclc:ocn904519782
- LC Classification:JC423
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Inequality, development, and distribution; 3. Actors and interests; 4. An elite-competition model of democratization; 5. Assessing the relationship between inequality and democratization; 6. Inequality and democratization: empirical extensions; 7. Democracy, inequality, and public spending: reassessing the evidence; 8. Democracy, redistribution, and preferences; 9. Conclusion
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