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A Theory of Political Transitions [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2001 We develop a theory of political transitions inspired by the experiences of Western Europe and Latin America. Nondemocratic societies are controlled by a rich elite. The initially disenfranchised poor can contest power by threatening revolution, especially when the opportunity cost is low, for example, during recessions.
Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson
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Politeness for the Theory of Algebraic Datatypes [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Algebraic datatypes, and among them lists and trees, have attracted a lot of interest in automated reasoning and Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). Since its latest stable version, the SMT-LIB standard defines a theory of algebraic datatypes, which is currently supported by several mainstream SMT solvers.
Ying Sheng +5 more
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Economies, 2021 Credit is considered as an essential tool to make informal labor’s income better. In order to improve quality of their life, the state should have some supports them in credit access.
Hung Van Vu, Huong Ho
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A Theory of Political Entrenchment [PDF]
The Economic Journal, 2012 Can an incumbent political party increase its chances at re-election by implementing inefficient policies that harm its constituency? This paper studies the possibility of such a phenomenon, which we label political entrenchment. We use a two-party dynamic model of redistribution with probabilistic voting. Political entrenchment by the Left occurs only
Gilles Saint-Paul +2 more
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Politeja, 2022 THE IDEA BEHIND THE PRACTICE OF REPARTITION: THE REASONS FOR ITS SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION IN POLISH POLITICS The article discusses the practice of repartition, political tools and measures used by politicians as means to achieve their political ...
Piotr Borowiec
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A Political Theory of Populism [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Abstract When voters fear that politicians may be influenced or corrupted by the rich elite, signals of integrity are valuable. As a consequence, an honest politician seeking reelection chooses “populist” policies—that is, policies to the left of the median voter—as a way of signaling that he is not beholden to the interests of the right.
Konstantin Sonin +7 more
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Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014 Out of all the departments of political sciences in Russia - the Department at MGIMO-University is probably the oldest one. In fact it is very young. While MGIMO-University is celebrating its 70th anniversary the Department of Political Sciences turns 15.
A. D. Voskresensky
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Contexto Internacional, 2022 The article offers a critique of recent efforts to read international relations theory – and its theorists – as especially positioned to offer a critique of international politics. It does so by engaging Daniel Levine’s claim that international relations
Natália Maria Félix de Souza
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The Indigenous Politics of Justice: The Case of the Sedulur Sikep Movement in Central Java
Jurnal Kawistara, 2022 The struggle by indigenous people to protect their land from capitalist expansion is often reduced by scholars to two contrasting models: class politics and identity politics.
Ronald Adam, Zainal Abidin Bagir
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