This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term
patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea, …

… The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy is without a doubt a major contribution to our
understanding of why countries manage to introduce democratic institutions. It shows that countries …

… The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy is without a doubt a major contribution to our
understanding of why countries manage to introduce democratic institutions. It shows that countries …

… The deep roots of contemporary institutions and outcomes have been in vogue in the social
… Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty), Acemoglu and Robinson traced the deep roots of …

… , but their predictive power fades with the inclusion of diffusion variables. In particular, diffusion
predictors of spatial proximity and networks are robust predictors of democratic growth in …

… ; it requires having the right political structures to implement them. Achieving a … deep
roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion…

… democracy with them, but only (at least at first) for themselves–hence, democratic institutions
… that they could control political outcomes under democratic rules through superior numbers …

… and the spread of ethnic and political separatism throughout … 'free' struggle for votes in the
political system together with the 'free' … Even contemporary critics of modern democracies have …

… deep roots in an authoritarian German culture; the failure of … Instead of presenting democracy
as an ideal political system … and 1950s, a diffusion of the political systems of the victors—…

… within the West, would spread outward to non-Western and … , the international system had
a geographical center, Europe and … of demands for responsible political structures in the devel…