Democracy and Redistribution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521825603)

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.

Author: Carles Boix
ISBN-10: 0521825601
ISBN-13: 9780521825603
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/28/2003
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2005 pg. 926