Book contents
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I Introduction
- II Maritime Geography
- III European Diffusion
- 8 Democracy As a European Club
- 9 European Ancestry
- 10 Colonial and Post-colonial Eras
- 11 Global Analyses
- IV Alternate Explanations
- V Conclusions
- Appendix A: Variables
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Democracy As a European Club
from III - European Diffusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Book contents
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I Introduction
- II Maritime Geography
- III European Diffusion
- 8 Democracy As a European Club
- 9 European Ancestry
- 10 Colonial and Post-colonial Eras
- 11 Global Analyses
- IV Alternate Explanations
- V Conclusions
- Appendix A: Variables
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 shifts away from harbors and toward the role of European ancestry as another explanatory factor for democratic regimes. Representative democracy is argued to have acted as a club good that Europeans extended when they were numerous relative to indigenous populations and withheld otherwise. European ancestry may encourage democratic regimes through three possible pathways: exposure to democratic ideas, increased democratic infrastructure (e.g. education, property rights, and a political state), and incentives to control political outcomes.
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- The Deep Roots of Modern DemocracyGeography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions, pp. 211 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022