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Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy // Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson.
remainder title:	Economic Origins of Dictatorship & Democracy
Author:	Acemoglu, Daron,
other author:	Robinson, James A.,
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 416 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Democracy - Economic aspects. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510809
ISBN:	9780511510809 (ebook)

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy /
Acemoglu, Daron,

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy /Economic Origins of Dictatorship & DemocracyDaron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson. - 1 online resource (xv, 416 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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 high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

ISBN: 9780511510809 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

870885
Democracy
--Economic aspects.

LC Class. No.: JC423 / .A248 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8

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