Alexander Lee Jac Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dicta (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Colonial Origins of Democracy and DictatorshipCondition: NewEAN: 9781009423533ISBN: 9781009423533Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/30/2024Description: Why are some countries more democratic than others? For most non-European countries, elections began under Western colonial rule. However, existing research largely overlooks these democratic origins. Analyzing a global sample of colonies across four centuries, this book explains the emergence of colonial electoral institutions and their lasting impact. The degree of democracy in the metropole, the size of the white settler population, and pressure from non-Europeans all shaped the timing and form of colonial elections. White settlers and non-white middle classes educated in the colonizer's language usually gained early elections but settler minorities resisted subsequent franchise expansion. Authoritarian metropoles blocked elections entirely. Countries with lengthy exposure to competitive colonial institutions tended to consolidate democracies after independence. By contrast, countries with shorter electoral episodes usually shed democratic institutions and countries that were denied colonial elections consolidated stable dictatorships. Regime trajectories shaped by colonial rule persist to the present day.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 162mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 620gAuthor: Alexander Lee, Jack PaineGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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