通向包容性政治制度之路（Paths to Inclusive Political Institutions
文件大小：未知
级别评定：★★★★★
添加时间：2016-01-08 23:39:18
最后更新：2016-01-08 23:43:00
下载积分：0分 （只有会员文件下载时才需要相应积分验证）
总浏览：
总下载：3
发布人：george15135
- 如果您发现该资源不能下载，请在本站论坛提出，管理员会及时处理。
- 未经本站明确许可，任何网站不得非法盗链及抄袭本站资源。
- 本站资源均为网友提供交流，仅供教学、研究使用，请下载后24小时内自行删除。
资源简介
Paths to Inclusive Political Institutions
Daron Acemoglu James A. Robinson
November 2015.
Abstract
In this paper we present a new approach to thinking about the circumstances under which
inclusive political institutions, consisting of a state with capacity and a broad distribution
of political power, emerge. Di¤erent scholars have emphasized di¤erent paths towards such
institutions, with some emphasizing modernization, and others emphasizing the necessity of
state building as a prerequisite for democracy. We argue however, using the examples of
Ancient Athens and Early Modern England, that inclusive political institutions emerge from
a balanced increase in state capacity and the distribution of power. This path emerges in a
particular basin of attraction. Though this basin depends on many parameters, we emphasize
the crucial nature of informal institutions and social norms which put Athens and England
onto this path. Outside of this basin a number of things may occur; social norms may be such
as to stop a state forming, an outcome we illustrate with the Tiv of pre-colonial Nigeria; or
when society is weaker a form of state formation can occur which creates a Paper Leviathan
which we illustrate with Colombia;
nally when civil society is prostrate Real Leviathanscan
be created, an outcome we illustrate with contemporary Rwanda. None of these latter paths
lead to inclusive institutions or sustained prosperity.
JEL Classi
cation: D7, H1, N4, P5.
Keywords: Political Institutions, State Formation, Civil Society, Social Norms, Informal
Institutions.
We
