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Inequality and democratization : an elite-competition approach
- Title
- Inequality and democratization : an elite-competition approach / Ben W. Ansell, David J. Samuels.
- Author
- Ansell, Ben W., 1977-
- Publication
- New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Samuels, David, 1967-
- Description
- xvii, 229 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-739
- ISBN
- 9781107000360
- 110700036X
- 9780521168793
- 0521168791
- LCCN
- 2014018359
- OCLC
- 879983519
- Author
- Ansell, Ben W., 1977- author.
- Title
- Inequality and democratization : an elite-competition approach / Ben W. Ansell, David J. Samuels.
- Publisher
- New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in comparative politicsCambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Samuels, David, 1967- author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-739