Power and Persistence: The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy

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Abstract

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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftThe Economic Journal
Vol/bind129
Udgave nummer618
Sider (fra-til)678-714
ISSN0013-0133
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 feb. 2019

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