TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ansell, Ben W.
AU  - Samuels, David J.
TI  - Inequality and democratization: an elite-competition approach 
SN  - 9780521168793
U1  - 321.8 ANS-B 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York 
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Democracy--Economic aspects
KW  - Democratization--Economic aspects
KW  - Economic development--Political aspects
KW  - Income distribution--Political aspects
KW  - Land tenure--Political aspects
KW  - Democratization
KW  - Equality
KW  - Income distribution
N1  - "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"--
ER  -