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Handbook of Political Economy: Volume 1

Volume editor James Robinson, Volume editor Daron Acemoglu

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Handbook of Political Economy highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as The various ways in which democratic politics is facing new challenges and having a difficulty to rising up to these challenges, Changing political cleavages across democracies around the world, Representation and populism, Malfunctioning Democracy, Clientelism, Race and dealing with racial (and ethnic) cleavages in the context of building democratic institutions, Digital dystopia, Politics and social media, The role of money (and power) in politics, and much more. Other sections cover Stability of authoritarianism, When repression succeeds in its objectives and when it backfires (and the various tools that authoritarian and repressive governments use), Democratic possibilities in history, Democracy over the Ages, The politics of change and critical junctures, Religion and politics, The Political Economy of Social Norms, Politics of the labor market, Cross cultural and global perspective on the empowerment of women and the political economy of gender disparities, and much more.