Does Landholding Inequality Block Democratization?: A Test of the "Bread and Democracy" Thesis and the Case of Prussia

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Democratization Under the Threat of Revolution: Evidence From the Great Reform Act of 1832 (2015, background): “For broader perspectives on democratization, see, e.g., Congleton (2011), Robinson (2006) and Ziblatt (2006, 2008).”
Radio and the Rise of the Nazis in Prewar Germany (2015, unknown): “…to extremist messages, e.g., due to high levels of anxiety during the economic hardships of the early 1930s, with land inequality measured in 1895 (Ziblatt 2008, 2009), hypothesizing that in places with higher wealth inequality the general public was particularly dissatisfied during the severe…”
The Economic Origins of Democracy Reconsidered (2012, background): “For instance, see the discussions in Ziblatt (2008) and Busch and Reinhardt (2005, esp.”
Inequality and Democratization: A Contractarian Approach (2010, background): “Because land is more or less fixed in supply, high land inequality means the elite will be wary of higher taxation or even expropriation of their fixed asset under democracy (as in Ziblatt, 2008).”