Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
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'The book will surely become a reference point in comparative political studies'. Political Studies Review
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Employing analytical tools borrowed from game theory, Carles Boix offers a complete theory of political transitions. It is one in which political regimes ultimately depend on the nature of economic assets, their distribution among individuals, and the balance of power among different social groups. Backed by detailed historical research and extensive statistical analysis from the mid-nineteenth century, the study reveals why democracy emerged in classical Athens. It also covers the early triumph of democracy in nineteenth-century agrarian Norway, Switzerland and northeastern America as well as its failure in countries with a powerful landowning class.
Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics),Carles Boix,Cambridge University Press,0521532671,Democratization,Economic development,General,Political Ideologies - Democracy,Political Science,Political development,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Greece,North America,Norway,Political Science / General,Political science & theory,Political structures: democracy,Switzerland,World history
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