Rents from power for a dissident elite and mass mobilization
Kemal Kivanc Akoz () and
Pablo Hernández‐Lagos
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Pablo Hernandez-Lagos
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, vol. 66, issue 4, 584-604
Abstract:
Popular uprisings in autocracies seldom lead to democratic regimes. We propose a model that helps explain how rents from power encourage popular revolts. We study why citizens would follow a dissident group seeking regime change, if rents from change accrue only to the group. Our model predicts that higher rents may increase the incidence of public mobilization because rents facilitate coordination. The results suggest that cohesive dissident groups may spur seemingly spontaneous mass mobilizations, even when the mass public know that the dissident group is driven by greed rather than a genuine desire to halt incumbent’s rent‐seeking activities.
Date: 2019
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