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3 - Harbors and Democracy

from II - Maritime Geography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

John Gerring ,
Brendan Apfeld ,
Tore Wig  and
Andreas Forø Tollefsen
John Gerring
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Brendan Apfeld
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Tore Wig
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
Andreas Forø Tollefsen
Affiliation:
Peace Research Institute Oslo
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Summary

Chapter 3 lays out the book’s theoretical argument for the impact of harbors on democracy. Littoral geography facilitates democratic development because waterways – and the corresponding need for harbors – increase mobility of people, goods, capital, and ideas, leading to increased economic development, military organization, statebuilding, and openness to the world. We do not attempt to decompose the effect of each of these factors in this chapter, but note that they are interconnected in complex ways.

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The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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