Power and Persistence
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9705425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanet Sinding Bentzen (University of Copenhagen), Jeanet Bentzen (0000-0003-2099-093X, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), Jacob Gerner Hariri (0000-0002-0176-9749, University of Copenhagen), James A Robinson (0000-0002-2635-4590) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue | 618 |
| Pages | 678-714 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12568 |
| OpenAlex | W2791036094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 98 |
This article documents that indigenous democratic practices are associated with contemporary representative democracy. The basic association is conditioned on the relative strength of the indigenous groups within a country; stronger groups were able to shape national regime trajectories, weaker groups were not. Our analyses suggest that institutions are more likely to persist if they are supported by powerful actors and less likely to persist if the existing power structure is disrupted by, e.g. colonisation. Our findings contribute to a growing literature on institutional persistence and change
Biology · Colonisation · Colonization · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Indigenous · Persistence (discontinuity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Ecology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |