1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008183350403321

Titolo

Neuroscienze / Dale Purves et al. (cur.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna : Zanichelli, c2005

ISBN

88-08-07799-3

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 684 p. : ill. (col.) ; 27 cm

Disciplina

612.8

Locazione

SC1

Collocazione

612.8-PUR-2

612.8-PUR-2A

612.8-PUR-2B

612.8-PUR-2C

612.8-PUR-2D

612.8-PUR-2E

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

tit. orig.: Neuroscience, 2nd ed., 2001



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457830203321

Autore

Acemoglu Daron

Titolo

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy / / Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-107-15530-4

1-107-71388-9

1-280-33072-4

0-511-51080-2

0-511-14020-7

0-511-13909-8

0-511-14081-9

0-511-32275-5

0-511-14004-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 416 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy - Economic aspects

Democratization

Equality

Political culture

Dictatorship

Comparative government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-399) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Paths of Political Development; 2 Our Argument; 3 What Do We Know about Democracy?; 4 Democratic Politics; 5 Nondemocratic Politics; 6 Democratization; 7 Coups and Consolidation; 8 The Role of the Middle Class; 9 Economic Structure and Democracy; 10 Globalization and Democracy; 11 Conclusions and the Future of Democracy; 12 Appendix to Chapter 4: The Distribution of Power in Democracy; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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.