TY  - RPRT
EP  - 55
PB  - Institute of Governmental Studies. UC Berkeley
A1  - Ticchi, Davide
A1  - Vindigni, Andrea
Y1  - 2006///
TI  - On wars and political development. The role of international conflicts in the democratization of the West
ID  - eprints2217
M1  - working_paper
AV  - none
N2  - We investigate the role played by international conflicts in the processes of national political development with particular attention to the transition from autocracy toward democracy. We argue that, if a country is endangered by some outside threat, its elite may find optimal to concede democracy or income redistribution to the masses in order to increase their patriotism and their war effort. This in turn increases the chances of victory of the country so avoiding to the elite severe income losses. We provide historical evidence for some Western countries that confirms this theory.
KW  - Keywords: Autocray
KW  -  Democracy
KW  -  Wars
KW  -  Redistribution     -     JEL classification: D72
KW  -  D74
KW  -  H56
KW  -  N40
KW  -  P16
UR  - https://escholarship.org/uc/item/56x218x7
ER  -