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1 online resource (72 pages) |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in political economy |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in political economy.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Reform and Rebellion in Weak States -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Understanding Reform and Rebellion -- 1.2 The Tocqueville Paradox in the Literature -- 1.3 Plan of the Element -- 2 Theory -- 2.1 Building Blocks -- 2.2 Model -- 2.3 Implications -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 Russia -- 3.1 Historical Background -- 3.2 Emancipation -- 3.2.1 Reform Design -- 3.2.2 State Capacity and Local Implementation -- 3.3 Reform and Rebellion -- 3.3.1 Data -- 3.3.2 Dynamics of Unrest -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 3.5 Appendix: Econometric Evidence -- 3.5.1 Panel Regressions |
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3.5.2 Cross-Sectional Regressions -- 4 Other Cases -- 4.1 The Tanzimat Reforms and Social Unrest in the Ottoman Empire -- 4.1.1 Analysis -- 4.1.2 Summary -- 4.2 The Land Reform of Tiberius Gracchus -- 4.2.1 Analysis -- 4.2.2 Summary -- 4.3 Rural Unrest and the Abolition of Feudalism in Revolutionary France -- 4.3.1 Analysis -- 4.3.2 Summary -- 4.4 Land Reform and Social Unrest in Latin America -- 4.4.1 Analysis -- 4.4.2 Summary -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgment |
| Summary |
Throughout history, reform has provoked rebellion - not just by the losers from reform, but also among its intended beneficiaries. Finkel and Gehlbach emphasize that, especially in weak states, reform often must be implemented by local actors with a stake in the status quo. In this setting, the promise of reform represents an implicit contract against which subsequent implementation is measured: when implementation falls short of this promise, citizens are aggrieved and more likely to rebel. Finkel and Gehlbach explore this argument in the context of Russia's emancipation of the serfs in 1861 - a fundamental reform of Russian state and society that paradoxically encouraged unrest among the peasants who were its prime beneficiaries. They further examine the empirical reach of their theory through narrative analyses of the Tanzimat reforms of the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, land reform in ancient Rome, the abolition of feudalism during the French Revolution, and land reform in contemporary Latin America |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 29, 2020) |
| Subject |
Political development.
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Political development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gehlbach, Scott, author.
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| ISBN |
9781108848541 |
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1108848540 |
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9781108855112 |
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1108855113 |
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