内容简介
Whendocountriesdemocratize?Whatfacilitatesthesurvivalofauthoritarianregimes?Whatdeterminestheoccurrenceofrevolutions,oftenleadingtoleft-wingdictatorships,suchastheSovietregime?AlthoughalargeliteraturehasdevelopedsinceAristotlethroughcontemporarypoliticalsciencetoanswerthesequestions,westilllackaconvincingunderstandingoftheprocessofpoliticaldevelopment.Employinganalyticaltoolsborrowedfromgametheory,CarlesBoixoffersacompletetheoryofpoliticaltransitions,inwhichpoliticalregimesultimatelyhingeonthenatureofeconomicassets,theirdistributionamongindividuals,andthebalanceofpoweramongdifferentsocialgroups.Backedupbydetailedhistoricalworkandextensivestatisticalanalysisthatgoesbacktothemid-nineteenthcentury,thisbookexplainswhydemocracyemergedinclassicalAthens.Italsodiscussestheearlytriumphofdemocracyinbothnineteenth-centuryagrarianNorway,SwitzerlandandnortheasternAmericaandthefailureincountrieswithapowerfullandowningclass.
作者简介
Employinganalyticaltoolsborrowedfromgametheory,CarlesBoixoffersacompletetheoryofpoliticaltransitions.Itisoneinwhichpoliticalregimesultimatelydependonthenatureofeconomicassets,theirdistributionamongindividuals,andthebalanceofpoweramongdifferentsocialgroups.Backedbydetailedhistoricalresearchandextensivestatisticalanalysisfromthemid-nineteenthcentury,thestudyrevealswhydemocracyemergedinclassicalAthens.Italsocoverstheearlytriumphofdemocracyinnineteenth-centuryagrarianNorway,SwitzerlandandnortheasternAmericaaswellasitsfailureincountrieswithapowerfullandowningclass.