Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy /

This book is the first to use modern social science methodology systematically to explain why some countries are democracies while others are not. Why does democracy sometimes persist and consolidate while other times it collapses? The treatment shows that whether or not a society becomes democratic...

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Hlavní autoři: Acemoglu, Daron (Autor), Robinson, James A., 1960- (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148164
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Shrnutí:This book is the first to use modern social science methodology systematically to explain why some countries are democracies while others are not. Why does democracy sometimes persist and consolidate while other times it collapses? The treatment shows that whether or not a society becomes democratic depends on several factors.
Fyzický popis:1 online resource (xv, 416 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-399) and index.
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