Political Identity and Trust
In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 337-367
ISSN: 1554-0634
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In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 337-367
ISSN: 1554-0634
In: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Band 66, Heft 4, S. 584-604
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In: Scottish journal of political economy: the journal of the Scottish Economic Society, Band 66, Heft 4, S. 584-604
ISSN: 1467-9485
AbstractPopular uprisings in autocracies seldom lead to democratic regimes. We propose a model that helps explain how rents from power encourage popular revolts. We study why citizens would follow a dissident group seeking regime change, if rents from change accrue only to the group. Our model predicts that higher rents may increase the incidence of public mobilization because rents facilitate coordination. The results suggest that cohesive dissident groups may spur seemingly spontaneous mass mobilizations, even when the mass public know that the dissident group is driven by greed rather than a genuine desire to halt incumbent's rent‐seeking activities.
In: American political science review, Band 116, Heft 1, S. 213-230
ISSN: 1537-5943
The production of economic surplus, or "prosperity," was fundamental to financing the rise of pristine civilizations. Yet, prosperity attracts predation, which discourages the investments required for civilization. To the extent that the economic footing of civilization creates existential security threats, civilization is paradoxical. We claim that, in addition to surplus production, civilizations require surplus protection, or "security." Drawing from archaeology and history, we model the trade-offs facing a society on its path to civilization. We emphasize preinstitutional forces, especially the geographical environment, that shape growth and defense capabilities and derive the conditions under which these capabilities help escape the civilizational paradox. We provide qualitative illustration of the model by analyzing the rise of the first two civilizations, Sumer and Egypt.