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type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Ticchi, Davide
creators_name: Vindigni, Andrea
creators_id: davide.ticchi@imtlucca.it
creators_id: andrea.vindigni@imtlucca.it
title: On wars and political development. The role of international conflicts in the democratization of the West
ispublished: pub
subjects: HB
subjects: JA
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
monograph_type: working_paper
keywords: Keywords: Autocray, Democracy, Wars, Redistribution     -     JEL classification: D72, D74, H56, N40, P16
abstract: 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.
date: 2006
date_type: published
number:  
publisher: Institute of Governmental Studies. UC Berkeley
pages: 55
institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
official_url: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/56x218x7
citation:   Ticchi, Davide and Vindigni, Andrea  On wars and political development. The role of international conflicts in the democratization of the West.  Working Paper  # /2006    Institute of Governmental Studies. UC Berkeley