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100 _aAnsell, Ben W.
245 _aInequality and democratization :
_ban elite-competition approach /
_cBen W. Ansell and David J. Samuels
260 _aNew York
_bCambridge University Press
_c2014
300 _a229 p.
365 _aUSD
_b30.00
440 _aCambridge studies in comparative politics.
500 _a"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"--
650 _aDemocracy--Economic aspects
650 _aDemocratization--Economic aspects
650 _aEconomic development--Political aspects
650 _aIncome distribution--Political aspects
650 _aLand tenure--Political aspects
650 _aDemocratization
650 _aEquality
650 _aIncome distribution
700 _aSamuels, David J.
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