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Title
Inequality and democratization
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Ansell, Ben W., 1977- (Contributor)
Samuels, David, 1967- (Contributor)
Subject
Democracy--Economic aspects (LCSH)
Democratization--Economic aspects (LCSH)
Economic development--Political aspects (LCSH)
Land tenure--Political aspects (LCSH)
Income distribution--Political aspects (LCSH)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General (BISACSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: JC423 .A578 2014 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 321.8 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
POL000000 (Source: bisacsh)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"Research on the economic origins of democracy and dictatorship has shifted away from the impact of growth and turned toward the question of how different patterns of growth - equal or unequal - shape regime change. This book offers a new theory of the historical relationship between economic modernization and the emergence of democracy on a global scale, focusing on the effects of land and income inequality. Contrary to most mainstream arguments, Ben W. Ansell and David J. Samuels suggest that democracy is more likely to emerge when rising, yet politically disenfranchised, groups demand more influence because they have more to lose, rather than when threats of redistribution to elite interests are low"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Inequality, development, and distribution; 3. Actors and interests; 4. An elite-competition model of democratization; 5. Assessing the relationship between inequality and democratization; 6. Inequality and democratization: empirical extensions; 7. Democracy, inequality, and public spending: reassessing the evidence; 8. Democracy, redistribution, and preferences; 9. Conclusion.
Authorized Access Point
Ansell, Ben W., 1977- Inequality and democratization
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: core
Identified By: bf:Local, 18153186
Change Date: 2015-03-18T15:01:15
Creation Date: 2014-05-15
Description Language: English
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress