Aspiring for Change
A Theory of Middle Class Activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9711920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heng Chen (0000-0002-7737-5404, University of Hong Kong), Wing Suen (0000-0001-9235-3847, University of Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 603 |
| Pages | 1318-1347 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| 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.12346 |
| OpenAlex | W1850227043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 29 |
We propose a regime change model in which people are uncertain about both the quality of a specific regime and governance in general. The poor perceive the current regime as bad, rationally infer that all governments are bad, and therefore believe mass movements are futile. The middle class are more sanguine about the prospect of good government, and believe that collective action is effective because they expect many fellow citizens to share the same view. This coordination game with incomplete information does not admit monotone equilibrium but exhibits multiple interval equilibria, where middle class people are more likely to attack the regime
Action (physics · Class (philosophy · Collective action · Complete information · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Middle class · Monotone polygon · Political economy · Political science · Public economics · Regime change · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |