Protest Puzzles: Tullock's Paradox, Hong Kong Experiment, and the Strength of Weak States
In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 245-264
ISSN: 1554-0634
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In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 245-264
ISSN: 1554-0634
In: American political science review, Band 113, Heft 4, S. 997-1011
ISSN: 1537-5943
In conflict-prone societies, the fear of expropriation that accompanies a regime change reduces capital investment. These reductions in investments, in turn, harm the economy, amplifying the likelihood of regime change. This article studies the implications of these feedback channels on the interactions between globalization, capital control, state repression, and regime change. I show that processes that facilitate capital movements (e.g., globalization, economic modernization, and technologies that reduce transportation costs) amplify the likelihood of regime change in conflict-prone societies and strengthen the elite's demand for a strong coercive state. In particular, to limit their collective action problem and manage the political risk of regime change, capitalists support a state that imposes capital control. We identify two conflicting forces, the Boix Effect and the Marx Effect, which determine when capital control and state repression become complements (Nazi Germany) or substitutes (Latin American military regimes) in right-wing regimes.
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 81, Heft 1, S. 303-308
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 76, Heft 3, S. 621-635
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 76, Heft 3, S. 621-635
ISSN: 0022-3816
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 84, Heft 1, S. 148-165
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 121-139
ISSN: 1554-0634