Wealth and Regime Formation: Social and Economic Origins of the Change Toward Democracy
Description:
This study explores the relationship between economic development, social mobility, elites, and regime formation. I argue that the genesis of regime formation, in general, and of democratic regimes, in particular, is determined by the type of economic structure a society possesses, on the one hand, and on the degree the to which demands from disfranchised groups do or do not pose a substantial threat to the interests of elites who occupy the upper strata of the social and economic status hierar…
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Date:
August 2007
Creator:
Gurses, Mehmet
Partner:
UNT Libraries