Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Modernization theory is a cornerstone of much of political science, despite the mounting evidence against its … outcome along the trajectory to the Despotic Leviathan. None of the three different paths we highlight support modernization … theory. Under the Absent Leviathan, there is no economic modernization. Under the Despotic Leviathan, economic growth …