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.
"...sweeping in its thematic scope. All should be stimulated by the theoretical debate. Recommended." C.H. Blake, James Madison University, CHOICE
"Anyone interested in the origins of democracy or in contemporary political economy will need to read this important work." Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University
發表於2024-12-22
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圖書標籤: 政治經濟學 政治學 比較政治經濟學 比較政治 民主與再分配 民主轉型 政治經濟 民主
上海世紀齣版集團齣過中文版的《民主與再分配》(地址是http://book.douban.com/subject/5938077/)。關於資産可動性、稅收政策和民主/專製政權性質的討論真讓人大開眼界。數據分析部分更是獨特而精巧
評分結構完整,論述環環相扣,變量選取得當,模型精巧(是的學瞭一點三腳貓量化之後也開始對彆人模型指手畫腳瞭)。最為驚訝的是有種後發製人的思路,閱讀時會感覺某些環節有所缺失,但作者很快會在隨後章節中補足。若論一點遺憾,或許就是在“資本流動性”方麵有點忽略瞭國際背景和資産金融化的影響,僅以簡單農業與工業要素對比作自變量。之前在布朗開會,資本主義發展與民主作者批評此書理論與現實不符,民主政體再分配努力極少雲雲,這似乎誤讀瞭本書的論點:首先作者先談瞭收入較平等時條件和各社群傾嚮有利於民主政體産生和穩固,這與民主建立後運轉如何無關;其次作者承認現代化進程中不論民主政體産生與否公共領域開支都會擴大,民主政體本身不帶來再分配,但其營造的政治策略和製度環境,其與現代化指標的互動,會大大增加直接轉移支付等福利開支。
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評分要知道它怎麼對的,要知道它怎麼錯的。
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