US EditionThe Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison
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The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison
Why do some countries democratize while others descend into authoritarianism? One of the most enduring answers to this question centers on the political economy of land. The classic view in political science and historical political economy holds that in societies where powerful rural elites dominate the countryside, democratization is less likely to succeed. Landed elites, the argument goes, are hostile to mass suffrage and liberal politics, an…
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