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Working Papers

2015

1. Political Demography of Russia. Politics and State Government
   (Политическая демография России. Политика и государственное управление)
   Published Papers, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
2. Political Demography of the World Economy: Tropical Africa
   (Политическая демография мировой экономики: страны тропической Африки)
   Published Papers, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

2004

3. Democratic Transitions
   CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (91)
   See also Journal Article Democratic Transitions, American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons (2006) View citations (74) (2006)

Journal Articles

2024

1. You can’t always get what you want: why revolutionary outcomes so often diverge from revolutionary goals
   Public Choice, 2024, 200, (3), 457-472

2023

2. How 21st Century Population Issues and Policies Differ from Those of the 20th Century
   World, 2023, 4, (3), 1-10 View citations (1)

2021

3. Dating the Great Divergence
   Journal of Global History, 2021, 16, (2), 266-285 View citations (4)
4. Why understanding the timing of divergence matters
   Journal of Global History, 2021, 16, (2), 309-314

2019

5. The Road to Unfreedom: A Review Essay
   Population and Development Review, 2019, 45, (4), 927-933

2018

6. Oil prices, socio-political destabilization risks, and future energy technologies
   Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018, 128, (C), 304-310 View citations (14)

2015

7. Hayek for development
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2015, 28, (4), 419-424

2014

8. Demographic growth in dangerous places: Concentrating conflict risks1
   International Area Studies Review, 2014, 17, (2), 120-133
9. One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict
   Climatic Change, 2014, 127, (3), 391-397 View citations (38)

2013

10. Forecasting Stability or Retreat in Emerging Democratic Regimes
    Politics and Governance, 2013, 1, (1), 32-47

2011

11. Joel KotkinThe Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
    Population and Development Review, 2011, 37, (1), 203-205

2010

12. A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability
    American Journal of Political Science, 2010, 54, (1), 190-208 View citations (114)
13. The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700–1850. By Joel Mokyr. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. Pp. xii, 564. $45.00, cloth
    The Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70, (4), 993-995 View citations (2)
14. The age of revolutions in global context, c. 1760–1840 - Edited by David Armitage and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Pp. xi + 301. Hardback £50.00, ISBN: 978-0-230-58046-6; paperback £16.99, ISBN: 978-0-230-58047-3
    Journal of Global History, 2010, 5, (3), 514-515

2009

15. The waning of the Mediterranean 1550–1870: a geohistorical approach
    Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (3), 759-761

2008

16. Pathways to State Failure
    Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2008, 25, (4), 285-296 View citations (8)

2007

17. Jack Goldstone on Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
    World Economics, 2007, 8, (3), 207-225 View citations (15)

2006

18. Democratic Transitions
    American Journal of Political Science, 2006, 50, (3), 551-569 View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Democratic Transitions, CID Working Papers (2004) View citations (91) (2004)

2004

19. ItÆs all about State Structure û New Findings on Revolutionary Origins from Global Data
    Homo Oeconomicus, 2004, 21, 429-455 View citations (1)

2001

20. Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe. By Richard Lachmann. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. 314. $49.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (3), 830-831
21. Population and Progress in the Middle Ages: A Review Essay*
    Population and Development Review, 2001, 27, (3), 585-607
22. States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. By Misagh Parsa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 326p. $54.95 cloth, $19.95 paper
    American Political Science Review, 2001, 95, (2), 506-506
23. Theories of Revolution, the Revolutions of 1989-1991, and the Trajectory of the "New" Russia
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2001, 1

1999

24. From Revolution to War: State Relations in a World of Change. By Patrick J. Conge Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996. 175p. $37.50. - Revolutionary States, Leaders, and Foreign Relations: A Comparative Study of China, Cuba, and Iran. By Houman A. Sadri Westport, CT: Praeger. 1997. 168p. $55.00
    American Political Science Review, 1999, 93, (3), 749-749

1995

25. Modern Latin American Revolutions. By Eric Selbin. Boulder: Westview, 1993. 244p. $49.50 cloth, $16.95 paper
    American Political Science Review, 1995, 89, (2), 525-526
26. Response
    Rationality and Society, 1995, 7, (1), 120-123

1994

27. Is Revolution Individually Rational?
    Rationality and Society, 1994, 6, (1), 139-166 View citations (18)
28. Rationality, Revolution, and 1989 in Eastern Europe
    Rationality and Society, 1994, 6, (1), 5-7

1993

29. The Word and the Sword: How Techniques of Information and Violence Have Shaped Our World. By Leonard M. Dudley. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1991. Pp. xii, 356. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (2), 462-463

1991

30. The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism. By Colin Campbell. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Pp. vi, 301. $19.95. - Pre-Industrial Societies. By Patricia Crone. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. xii, 214. $45.00, cloth; $14.95, paper. - The Culture of Capitalism. By Alan Macfarlane. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. 254. $16.95. - Europe and the Rise of Capitalism. Edited by Jean Baechler, John A. Hall, and Michael Mann. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. vi, 249. $18.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (4), 1001-1003

1989

31. Continuity, Chance, and Change: The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England. By E. A. Wrigley. New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. viii, 146. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (4), 1008-1009
32. Reproducing Families: The Political Economy of English Population History. By David Levine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. ix, 251
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (2), 474-476
33. The Rationality of Revolution
    Rationality and Society, 1989, 1, (2), 285-287

1988

34. Regional Ecology and Agrarian Development in England and France
    Politics & Society, 1988, 16, (2-3), 287-334

1985

35. The Origins of the English Revolution: A Demographic Approach
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (2), 454-458

1975

36. Subcommittee Chairmanships in the House of Representatives
    American Political Science Review, 1975, 69, (3), 970-971

Edited books

2022

1. Handbook of Revolutions in the 21st Century
   Societies and Political Orders in Transition, Springer View citations (2)

Chapters

2022

1. Conclusion. How Many Revolutions Will We See in the Twenty-First Century?
   Springer
2. Introduction. Changing Yet Persistent: Revolutions and Revolutionary Events
   Springer
3. The Phenomenon and Theories of Revolutions
   Springer

2009

4. Engineering Culture, Innovation, and Modem Wealth Creation
   Chapter 2 in Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions, 2009, pp 21-48