failure, modernization, secularization, globalization and the perceived dependency of the Islamic world from the West on the …

We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual …-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include … models accounting for several confounders, regional and cohort fixed effects. We document that democracy - or its quality …

development. We have made use of the Democracy index (and its constituent indicators) provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit … not withstand critical analysis. Contrary to Lee's thesis, democracy promotes globalization. In African countries …

For many people throughout the world, the ideal of democracy is now accepted – at least in principle – as the pre … those wielding power in the global domain is in principle a desirable goal, and agree with proponents of ‘global democracy …