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Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions
出版Cambridge University Press, 2022-08-25
主題Political Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Comparative PoliticsPolitical Science / Public Policy / Economic PolicyHistory / WorldSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN10091210579781009121057
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Im-HEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea, afforded by natural harbors which enhance the mobility of people, goods, capital, and ideas. The extraordinary connectivity of harbor regions thereby affected economic development, the structure of the military, statebuilding, and openness to the world – and, through these pathways, the development of representative democracy. The authors' second argument focuses on the global diffusion of representative democracy. Beginning around 1500, Europeans started to populate distant places abroad. Where Europeans were numerous they established some form of representative democracy, often with restrictions limiting suffrage to those of European heritage. Where they were in the minority, Europeans were more reticent about popular rule and often actively resisted democratization. Where Europeans were entirely absent, the concept of representative democracy was unfamiliar and its practice undeveloped.