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Año: 2014
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This PhD dissertation tests whether inter-state wars favoured the transition towards democracy in Europe between 1870 and 1975. The analysis is focused on the effects of the war within the belligerent societies, although the military imposition by a winning power is also considered. The main idea is that the particular warfare of the period, which implies an ample mobilization both in the frontline and in the factory, can enhance the bargaining power of workers in their struggle for democracy against the elite. Certain wars raised a more or less explicit revolutionary threat that led to democratic advances. I explore separately electoral advances and social ones. From a methodological point of view, the study combines a quantitative analysis using data from the original War & Rights Dataset (W&RD), compiled during the course of this dissertation, and historical narratives on the two world wars. The models include as controls all the other well-established hypothesis on democratic transitions. The results confirm an independent effect of post-war periods on the probability of both political and social democratic advances. A narrative on the two world wars supports, expands and illustrates these findings.
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