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Ellis, Alicia N.

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The Decline of Democracy: How the State Uses Control of Food Production to Undermine Free Society.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Decline of Democracy: How the State Uses Control of Food Production to Undermine Free Society./
Author:	Ellis, Alicia N.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	314 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International80-09A(E).
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13860614
ISBN:	9781392137031

The Decline of Democracy: How the State Uses Control of Food Production to Undermine Free Society.
Ellis, Alicia N.

The Decline of Democracy: How the State Uses Control of Food Production to Undermine Free Society. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 314 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2019.

This work explores the underlying dynamics of democracies in the context of underdevelopment, arguing that when society has not attained a substantial degree of economic independence from the state, it undermines democratic quality and stability. Economic underdevelopment and political oppression are mutually reinforcing, and both are rooted in the structure of the agriculture sector, the distribution of land, and the rural societies that emerge around this order. These systems produce persistent power imbalances that militate toward their continuance, encourage dependency, and foster the development of neopatrimonialism and corruption in the government, thereby weakening key pillars of democracy such as accountability and representativeness. Through historical analysis of a single case study, this dissertation demonstrates that while this is partly a result of actor choices at key points in time, it is highly influenced by structural constraints embedded in earlier time periods. I find that Ghana's historical development from the colonial era to present day closely follows this trajectory.

ISBN: 9781392137031Subjects--Topical Terms:

528916
Political science.

The Decline of Democracy: How the State Uses Control of Food Production to Undermine Free Society.
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