Evolution, Empowerment, and Emancipation: How Societies Climb the Freedom Ladder
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T1 - Evolution, Empowerment, and Emancipation
T2 - How Societies Climb the Freedom Ladder
AU - Welzel, Christian
PY - 2014/12
Y1 - 2014/12
N2 - This article presents a new theory of development that unifies disparate insights into a single framework, focusing on human empowerment-a process that emancipates people from domination. Historically, human empowerment on a mass scale started only recently because civilization matured late where natural conditions bestow an initial utility on freedoms that has been absent elsewhere ( initiation thesis). However, globalization is breaking human empowerment free from its confinement to the initially favorable conditions ( contagion thesis). Together, these and several other theses integrate into Evolutionary Emancipation Theory (EET). After unfolding EET, the article presents evidence in support of its major propositions.
AB - This article presents a new theory of development that unifies disparate insights into a single framework, focusing on human empowerment-a process that emancipates people from domination. Historically, human empowerment on a mass scale started only recently because civilization matured late where natural conditions bestow an initial utility on freedoms that has been absent elsewhere ( initiation thesis). However, globalization is breaking human empowerment free from its confinement to the initially favorable conditions ( contagion thesis). Together, these and several other theses integrate into Evolutionary Emancipation Theory (EET). After unfolding EET, the article presents evidence in support of its major propositions.
KW - Politics
KW - Civic entitlements
KW - Emancipative values
KW - human empowerment
KW - Technological progress
KW - Utility ladder of freedoms
KW - Civic entitlements
KW - Emancipative values
KW - Human empowerment
KW - Technological progress
KW - Utility ladder of freedoms
KW - Gender and Diversity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902338395&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7970d21c-1dd0-31f4-b1ab-d1d72d72ad9d/
U2 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.05.016
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84902338395
VL - 64
SP - 33
EP - 51
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
SN - 0305-750X
ER -