Inequality and Democratization

by David Samuels and Ben W. Ansell

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521168791
• ISBN13: 9780521168793
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"