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Technological Change and Political Turnover: The Democratizing Effects of the Green Revolution in India

DASGUPTA, ADITYA·2018·American Political Science Review
DOI 10.1017/s000305541800031x
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Can technological change contribute to political turnover? Influential theories suggest that technological change represents a form of creative destruction that can weaken incumbents and strengthen outsiders, leading to political turnover. This paper investigates a large-scale historical natural experiment: the impact of the green revolution on single-party dominance in India. Drawing on a theoretical framework based on models of contests, this paper argues that high-yielding variety (HYV) crops strengthened the incentives and capacity of a politically excluded group, in this case agricultural producers, to seek greater political representation. Exploiting the timing of the introduction of HYV crops, together with district-level variation in suitability for the new crop technology, instrumental variables analyses show that the green revolution played a pivotal role in the rise of agrarian opposition parties and decline of single-party dominance. The findings support theories linking technological change to political turnover, with important implications for the political economy of democratization.

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  1. Vaugier-Chatterjee, 2009, Rise of the Plebeians? The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies, 277
  2. Lipton, 1977, Why Poor People Stay Poor: A Study of Urban Bias in Development
  3. Rudolph, 1987, In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State

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Authors
DASGUPTA, A.
Affiliations
University of California, Merced (US)
Corresponding author
DASGUPTA, ADITYA
ORCID
DASGUPTA, ADITYA
Venue
American Political Science Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2018-06-11
Volume
112
Issue
4
Pages
918-938
ISSN
  • 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5943
DOI
10.1017/s000305541800031x
OpenAlex
W3122358308
Cited by
46
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4
FWCI
18.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
American Political Science Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
Keywords
technological change, political turnover, Green Revolution, one-party dominance, political representation of farmers, creative destruction, democratization, political economy of democratization

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