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hydraulic hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Political economy

the idea that societies dependent on large-scale irrigation developed concentrated power and autocracy.

In political economy, hydraulic hypothesis refers to the idea that societies dependent on large-scale irrigation developed concentrated power and autocracy. This meaning comes from Bentzen (2016) in Journal of the European Economic Association.[1]

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References

Bentzen, J. S., Kaarsen, N., & Wingender, A. M. (2016). Irrigation and Autocracy. Journal of the European Economic Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12173

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