A note on economic inequality and democratization

Michael T. Dorsch; Paul Maarek

doi:10.1515/peps-2014-0025

A note on economic inequality and democratization

Michael T. Dorsch^*, Paul Maarek

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Department of Public Policy

Université de Cergy-Pontoise

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This brief note revisits the empirical relation between economic inequality and instances of democratization. We argue that economic inequality may be an explanatory factor only following macroeconomic downturns. Our point generalizes - empirical peace scientists examining the likelihood of major political events should consider the possibility that explanatory structural factors may have heterogeneous impacts across macroeconomic cycles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	599-610
Number of pages	12
Journal	Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2014-0025
State	Published - 1 Dec 2014

Keywords

democratization
growth downturns
inequality
political economy

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A note on economic inequality and democratization

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