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Democracy and Redistribution

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Whendocountriesdemocratize?Whatfacilitatesthesurvivalofauthoritarianregimes?Whatdeterminestheoccurrenceofrevolutions,oftenleadingtoleft-wingdictatorships,suchastheSovietregime?AlthoughalargeliteraturehasdevelopedsinceAristotlethroughcontemporarypoliticalsciencetoanswerthesequestions,westilllackaconvincingunderstandingoftheprocessofpoliticaldevelopment.Employinganalyticaltoolsborrowedfromgametheory,CarlesBoixoffersacompletetheoryofpoliticaltransitions,inwhichpoliticalregimesultimatelyhingeonthenatureofeconomicassets,theirdistributionamongindividuals,andthebalanceofpoweramongdifferentsocialgroups.Backedupbydetailedhistoricalworkandextensivestatisticalanalysisthatgoesbacktothemid-nineteenthcentury,thisbookexplainswhydemocracyemergedinclassicalAthens.Italsodiscussestheearlytriumphofdemocracyinbothnineteenth-centuryagrarianNorway,SwitzerlandandnortheasternAmericaandthefailureincountrieswithapowerfullandowningclass.

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Employinganalyticaltoolsborrowedfromgametheory,CarlesBoixoffersacompletetheoryofpoliticaltransitions.Itisoneinwhichpoliticalregimesultimatelydependonthenatureofeconomicassets,theirdistributionamongindividuals,andthebalanceofpoweramongdifferentsocialgroups.Backedbydetailedhistoricalresearchandextensivestatisticalanalysisfromthemid-nineteenthcentury,thestudyrevealswhydemocracyemergedinclassicalAthens.Italsocoverstheearlytriumphofdemocracyinnineteenth-centuryagrarianNorway,SwitzerlandandnortheasternAmericaaswellasitsfailureincountrieswithapowerfullandowningclass.

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