Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 416 Seiten)
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graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [s.l.] eblib Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780511140044
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9780521855266
Content:
This book systematically explains why some countries are democracies while others are not.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- 1 Paths of Political Development -- 1. Britain -- 2. Argentina -- 3. Singapore -- 4. South Africa -- 5. The Agenda -- 2 Our Argument -- 1. Democracy versus Nondemocracy -- 2. Building Blocks of Our Approach -- 3. Toward Our Basic Story -- 4. Our Theory of Democratization -- 5. Democratic Consolidation -- 6. Determinants of Democracy -- 6.1 Civil Society -- 6.1.1 Democratization -- 6.1.2 Consolidation -- 6.2 Shocks and Crises -- 6.2.1 Democratization -- 6.2.2 Consolidation -- 6.3 Sources of Income and Composition of Wealth -- 6.3.1 Democratization -- 6.3.2 Consolidation -- 6.4 Political Institutions -- 6.4.1 Democratization -- 6.4.2 Consolidation -- 6.5 The Role of Inter-Group Inequality -- 6.5.1 Democratization -- 6.5.2 Consolidation -- 6.6 TheMiddle Class -- 6.6.1 Democratization -- 6.6.2 Consolidation -- 6.7 Globalization -- 6.7.1 Democratization -- 6.7.2 Consolidation -- 7. Political Identities and the Nature of Conflict -- 8. Democracy in a Picture -- 9. Overview of the Book -- 3 What Do We Know about Democracy? -- 1. Measuring Democracy -- 2. Patterns of Democracy -- 3. Democracy, Inequality, and Redistribution -- 4. Crises and Democracy -- 5. Social Unrest and Democratization -- 5.1 Democratizations in Nineteenth-Century Europe -- 5.2 Why in the Nineteenth Century? -- 5.3 The Latin American Experience -- 6. The Literature -- 7. Our Contribution -- PART TWO. MODELING POLITICS -- 4 Democratic Politics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aggregating Individual Preferences -- 3. Single-Peaked Preferences and the Median Voter Theorem -- 3.1 Single-Peaked Preferences -- 3.2 The Median Voter Theorem -- 3.3 Downsian Party Competition and Policy Convergence -- 4. Our Workhorse Models -- 4.1 TheMedian VoterModel of Redistributive Politics.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521855266
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Acemoglu, Daron, 1967 - Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 0521855268
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521855266
Additional Edition:
Print version Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy : Economic and Political Origins
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
,
Political Science
Keywords:
Demokratie
;
Entstehung
;
Diktatur
;
Demokratie
;
Wirtschaftssystem
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=244431
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Author information:
Acemoglu, Daron 1967-
Author information:
Robinson, James A. 1960-
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