Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521671426
ISBN13:9780521671422
Release Date:February 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:434 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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