[request_ebook] The Economics of political voilence: The effect of political instability on economic growth

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• Author: Dipak K. Gupta
• Publisher: Praeger Publishers
• Publish Date: 1990

Contents
	TABLES AND FIGURES	xiii
	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xvii
	1 THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY	1
	The Plan of the Book	5
	Notes	10
	PART ONE: THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PERSPECTIVE
2	THE CONFLICT-FREE WORLD OF WESTERN SOCIAL SCIENCE: PARADIGM LOST	13
	Neoclassical Economics: The Inevitability of Market Equilibrium	14
	The Institutional Challenge	18
	Sociology: The Adaptive Society	22
	Freud and The Freudians: The Biology of Aggressive Behavior	25
	Notes	28
3	THEORIES OF COLLECTIVE REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOR: PARADIGM REGAINED	31
	Rebel with a Cause	31
	Comprehensive Theories	36
	Karl Marx and the Marxists	36
	Neil Smelser and Collective Violence	42
	Smelser and the Two Kinds of Social Movements	48
	Marx and Smelser	49
	The Middle-Range or Partial Theories	51
	Social Psychological Theories: The Case for Relative Deprivation	52
	Middle-Range Structural Imbalance Theories	60
	Economic Structural Strain	61
	Social Structural Strain	66
	Political Structural Strain	66
	Strains from Demographic Structure	67
	Rational Revolutionary: The Rational Choice Approach	69
	Notes	75
	PART TWO: THE INDIVIDUAL: THE LOGIC OF PARTICIPATORY DECISION
4	THE BEHAVIORAL FOUNDATIONS OF A RATIONAL PARTICIPANT IN COLLECTIVE REBELLION	83
	Introduction	83
	Why Men Rebel and Why They Do Not: An Expected Utility Approach	84
	The Model	85
	Expected Utility Model and Individual Behavioral Profiles	98
	Individuals, Their Motivations, and Country Profiles	103
	Types of Rebellious Acts and Their Participants	104
	The Uses of a Descriptive Behavioral Model	106
	"Rational Revolutionary": Some Concluding Remarks	108
	Economic Rationality	109
	Rationality and Self-Interest	113
	Appendix to Chapter 4: The Effects of a Change in the Relative Cost of Participation	115
	Notes	118
5	THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS ENVIRONMENT	123
	Introduction	123
	Linking the Expected Utility Model with the Structural Theories of Collective Rebellious Behavior	125
	The Opposition: The Role of Leadership	135
	Leadership and the Ideology of Collective Action	136
	Ideology: A Definition	136
	The Determinants of Ideology	137
	Groups and Group Ideology	142
	Leadership and the Administrative Capability of the Opposition	144
	The Ruling Authority	147
	Regime Legitimacy	147
	Government Coercion	149
	The Dynamics of Political Action	152
	The Dynamics of Sectarian Violence	157
	Political Strategy and the Dynamics of Political Struggle	162
	Appendix to Chapter 5: Measurement of Ideology and Other Factors of Individual Decision Making	169
	Participation in Political Action	169
	Dependent Variables	170
	Independent Variables	171
	Congressional Voting Behavior	172
	Notes	173
	PART THREE: THE AGGREGATE: THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY ON THE ECONOMY
6	IMPACT OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY: THE ANATOMY OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS	179
	Political Instability and the Economy: A Descriptive Overview 179
	Political In stability and the Economy: The Derivation of a Multiplier	186
	Notes	190
7	POLITICAL INSTABILITY: AN EMPIRICAL DEFINITION	191
	Introduction	191
	The Problem	192
	The Data	196
	Methodology	198
	Tests of Validity	204
	Conclusion	205
	Appendix to Chapter 7: Definition of Democracy	206
	Notes	208
	8 POLITICAL INSTABILITY: A STRUCTURAL EXPLANATION	211
	Introduction	211
	Empirical Results	213
	Factors of Personal Income and the Opportunity Cost of Political Activity	214
	Economic Affluence	214
	Youth	215
	Participation in Political Action and Political Opportunity	215
	Mobilization	215
	Cost of Participation in Political Action	217
	Government Coercion	217
	Factors of Ideological Perception	220
	Ethnolinguistic Factionalism	220
	Education	220
	Class Distinction	221
	Conclusion	227
	Notes	227
9	POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: A POLITICAL ECONOMIC MODEL OF GROWTH	229
	Introduction	229
	The Model	230
	The Estimation Results	233
	Statistical Significance of the Factors of Ideology	235
	Simulation Games	235
	Political Instability and Economic Growth	235
	Effects of Income Redistribution	238
	A Political Economic Model of Growth	247
	Notes	249
10	SUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS	250
	Summary	250
	The Logic of Participatory Behavior	250
	Political Instability and the Aggregate Economy	254
	What Is Not To Be Done: Some Policy Implications	257
	The Assumption of Universality of Motives and Intensity of Passion	258
	Factors of Group Identity	259
	Underestimate the Costs of Confrontation: To Crush or to Kiss the Enemy Is the Question	260
	The Costs of Political Instability: A Trade-off Between Ethics and Efficiency?	263
	Notes	268
	APPENDIX: INDEX FOR POLITICAL INSTABILITY	271
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	283
	INDEX	323

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