Democracy, Ineqiality and Growth in Historical PerspectiveDEMOCRACYECONOMIC GROWTHREVOLUTIONDuring the nineteeth century, ... Daron Acemoglu,James Robinson - 《Working Papers》 被引量: 1892发表: 0年 Why did the west extend the franchise? Democracy, inequality and growth in historical perspective Why...
“Readers will laugh—and want to buy Mr. Lawler a drink” –Wall Street Journal “Rip-roaring, erudite” –Nature Magazine “A splendid book” –Kirkus “An unflinching portrayal” –Publishers Weekly “One surprising fact after another” –Science Magazine OrderWhy did the Chicken Cross the W...
We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge—from climate change to vaccinations—faces furious opposition. Some even have doubts about the moon landing.
Why did democracy start in Greece? Why did Hellenistic culture spread so widely after Alexander's death? Explain why arete was important to Greek culture. Why was salt vital for ancient people? Why did the Incas mummify their dead? Why were the ancient Olympic Games created?
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what voters think about the state of our democracy. As we did withour focus group questions about "the economy,"we asked these voters what they meant when they expressed concerns about "democracy," and how those concerns impacted their decision-making on whom to support in ...
where tribal leaders such as Yao and Shun consulted the councils to make decisions. This can be called consultative democracy rather than electoral (voting) democracy. It was closely related to the pre-Qin Confucian model of virtue-based governance by sage kings, a model emphasizing that the ...
Why did the East India Company use sepoys? The East Indian Company and Sepoys: When the English established the East India Company in the early 1600s, they also became involved in domestic affairs in India. There were occasional wars and other social calamities in India throughout the 1600s ...
Advocating the western ideas of science and democracy, the New Culture Movement lifted the restrictions on new thoughts and started an emancipation of minds in Chinese society. Around the same time, in1917, the Bolshevik Party led by Vladimir Lenin launched the October Socialist Revolution in Russia...
Why did the United States invade Iraq in 2003? Most scholars cite the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a neoconservative desire to spread democracy, or the placating of domestic interest groups as the Bush administration's objectives, but I suggest these arguments are flawed...