Political Power & the allocation of resources

This looked awfully relevant:

 

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What forces lead to democracy's creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times?

Written by two of the foremost authorities on this subject in the world, this volume ... revolutionizes scholarship on the factors underlying government and popular movements toward democracy or dictatorship.

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Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources.