Regimes controlled by a rich elite often collapse and make way for democracy amidst widespread social unrest. Such … why the elite may have to resort to full-scale democratization, despite its apparent costs to themselves, may be that … therefore be forced to choose between repression and the most generous concession, a transition to full democracy …

unrest or revolution and this may force the elite to democratize. Democracy may not consolidate because it is more … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … more costly for the elite, highly unequal societies are less likely to consolidate democracy and may end up oscillating …

dictatorships. We relate the analysis to evidence on foreign intervention from around the world …

unrest or revolution, and this may force the elite to democratize. Democracy may not consolidate because it is more … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … more costly for the elite, highly unequal societies are less likely to consolidate democracy and may end up oscillating …

unrest or revolution, and this may force the elite to democratize. Democracy may not consolidate because it is more … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … more costly to the elite, highly unequal cocieties are less likely to consolidate democracy and may end up oscillating …

The two-term limit norm for presidents has protected US democracy for 235 years against autocratic entrenchment but has …