Democracy and Redistribution - Couverture rigide

Boix, Carles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521825601 ISBN 13 : 9780521825603

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Boix Carles

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When do countries democratize? What facilitates the survival of authoritarian regimes? What determines the occurrence of revolutions, often leading to left-wing dictatorships, such as the Soviet regime? Although a large literature has developed since Aristotle through contemporary political science to answer these questions, we still lack a convincing understanding of the process of political development. Employing analytical tools borrowed from game theory, Carles Boix offers a complete theory of political transitions, in which political regimes ultimately hinge on the nature of economic assets, their distribution among individuals, and the balance of power among different social groups. Backed up by detailed historical work and extensive statistical analysis that goes back to the mid-nineteenth century, this 2003 book explains why democracy emerged in classical Athens. It also discusses the early triumph of democracy in both nineteenth-century agrarian Norway, Switzerland and northeastern America and the failure in countries with a powerful landowning class.

Revue de presse :

'The book will surely become a reference point in comparative political studies'. Political Studies Review

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521825601
• ISBN 13: 9780521825603
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 282