Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
ISBN: 9780521671422
出版社: Cambridge University Press
出版年: 2009-2-9
页数: 434
定价: USD 30.99
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.
作者简介
达龙·阿塞莫格鲁，是麻省理工学院经济学系查尔斯·金德尔伯格应用经济学教授，也是加拿大高级研究所经济增长项目组的成员。他还是国家经济研究局、经济绩效中心、经济政策研究中心的研究人员，欧洲经济学会会员。阿塞莫格鲁教授起初是在伦敦经济学院任教。其论文“消费者信心和理性预期：行动者的信念和理论一致吗？”获l996年《经济学杂志》最佳论文奖。2004年，他获得芝加哥大学首届T.W.舒尔茨奖，同年因对劳动经济学的杰出贡献获首届谢尔文·罗森奖。阿塞莫格鲁教授是著名期刊《经济和统计评论》的主编、《经济增长杂志》的副主编。他是2005年美国经济学会约翰·贝茨·克拉克奖的获得者，该奖项授予在美国工作，年龄在40岁以下的最杰出的经济学家。