Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy is a seminal political economy book that analyzes how economic structures and class interests shape the emergence and stability of democratic and authoritarian regimes.
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Target entity: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Context triple: [Daron Acemoglu, authorOf, Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy]
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After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy is a seminal work of neoliberal institutionalist theory in international relations that explains how states achieve cooperation through international institutions even in the absence of a dominant hegemonic power.
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Field Notes on Democracy
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The Great Democracies
The Great Democracies is the fourth volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, covering the rise of modern democratic institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Triumphant Democracy
Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.
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Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that argues true development should be understood as the expansion of people's substantive freedoms and capabilities rather than merely economic growth.
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Target entity: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Target entity description: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy is a seminal political economy book that analyzes how economic structures and class interests shape the emergence and stability of democratic and authoritarian regimes.
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A.
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy is a seminal work of neoliberal institutionalist theory in international relations that explains how states achieve cooperation through international institutions even in the absence of a dominant hegemonic power.
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B.
Field Notes on Democracy
Field Notes on Democracy is a collection of political essays by Arundhati Roy that critiques contemporary Indian democracy, nationalism, and state power.
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C.
The Great Democracies
The Great Democracies is the fourth volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, covering the rise of modern democratic institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Triumphant Democracy
Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.
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E.
Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that argues true development should be understood as the expansion of people's substantive freedoms and capabilities rather than merely economic growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political economy book ⓘ |
| academicReception |
considered a seminal work on the political economy of democracy
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highly cited in economics ⓘ highly cited in political science ⓘ |
| author |
Daron Acemoglu
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James A. Robinson ⓘ |
| coreArgument |
democracy is more likely when elites cannot fully repress demands for redistribution
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economic structures and class interests shape the emergence of democracy and dictatorship ⓘ political institutions are endogenous to distributional conflict ⓘ threats of social revolution can induce elites to concede democracy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
comparative politics
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development economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
consolidation of democracy
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credible commitment to redistribution ⓘ de facto political power ⓘ de jure political power ⓘ repression versus concession trade-off ⓘ soft-liners and hard-liners within elites ⓘ |
| influenced |
comparative political economy literature
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research on democratization ⓘ research on political institutions and development ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
class-based theories of democracy
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modernization theory ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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graduate students in political science and economics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
authoritarianism
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class conflict ⓘ democratization ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ political institutions ⓘ redistribution ⓘ regime change ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
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The Economic Origins of Democracy Reconsidered (subsequent literature)
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty ⓘ
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Why Nations Fail
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| theoreticalApproach |
comparative historical analysis
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game theory ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
cross-country empirical analysis
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formal modeling ⓘ historical case studies ⓘ |
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