INEQUALITY AND DEMOCRATIZATION by Ben W. Ansell, David J. Samuels ( 9780521168793 )

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INEQUALITY AND DEMOCRATIZATION
AN ELITE-COMPETITION APPROACH

By:

Ben W. Ansell, David J. Samuels

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0521168791

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 December, 2014

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

Pages:

254

Description:

This book offers a new theory of the historical relationship between economic modernization and the emergence of democracy on a global scale.

Synopsis:

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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26 b/w illus. 43 tables

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Cambridge University Press

Prizes:

Winner of American Political Science Association Political Economy Section Winner of Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: Hans Rosenhaupt

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