Literacy and State–Society Interactions in Nineteenth‐Century France
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6231965 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Nan Zhang (0000-0002-8032-275X, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics), Marshall M Lee (0000-0002-4269-7438, Princeton University), Melissa M Lee |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 64 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 1001-1016 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12524 |
| OpenAlex | W3026652622 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 15 |
| Referencias citadas | 55 |
Modern states are distinguished by the breadth and depth of public regulation over private affairs. This aspect of state capacity and state power is predicated on frequent and dense encounters between the state and the population it seeks to control. We argue that literacy in the language of state administration facilitates state–society interaction by lowering the transaction costs of those encounters. We support this claim with evidence drawing upon detailed historical data from nineteenth‐century France during a crucial period of state and nation building. Focusing on the specific domain of French marriage regulations, we find that increasing literacy predicts greater popular involvement with local authorities across French regions over time. These results demonstrate that literacy plays an important role in political development not solely by enhancing loyalty to the state, as the literature has recognized, but also by lowering linguistic and human capital barriers to state–society interaction
Database transaction · Literacy · Loyalty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions
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| Obras citantes distintas | 15 |
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| Citas por año | 3 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 14 |