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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book
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non-fiction book → political economy book → |
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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 → |
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United States
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| field |
comparative politics
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development economics → political economy → political science → |
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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 → |
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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
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| mainTopic |
authoritarianism
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class conflict → democratization → economic inequality → political institutions → redistribution → regime change → |
| publicationYear |
2006
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| publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| relatedWork |
The Economic Origins of Democracy Reconsidered (subsequent literature)
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Why Nations Fail → |
| 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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Daron Acemoglu
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Kamer Daron Acemoglu → |
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James A. Robinson
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Kamer Daron Acemoglu → |
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James A. Robinson
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James A. Robinson
("book Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy")
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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
("The Economic Origins of Democracy Reconsidered (subsequent literature)")
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