This paper addresses the interactions between globalization, the quality of democracy, and economic convergence using … of globalization (1970-2005), we find a two-way relationship between democracy and globalization and also significant two … simultaneous estimation techniques. To reflect process, we use multi-dimensional, de facto, and continuous measures of democracy …

sovereignty and democracy work to constrain globalization, how globalization and sovereignty generate a democratic deficit, and … how globalization and democracy lead to limitations upon, and even the transcendence of, sovereignty. How to make the … impact of globalization on both. A key question is whether a sovereign state system, democratic governments, and an …

Insofar as democracy is a product of long-term diffusion, scholars generally focus on colonialism (especially English … Europeans viewed democracy as a basic right – for themselves. It was a club that produced club goods (excludable goods such as … minority they were indifferent or hostile, or they embraced a restricted form of democracy that excluded non-Europeans. And …

the central and sub-central levels remain the apostles of centralization on one hand and exponents of democracy as a model … it negatively affects the availability of dividends of democracy to the African citizen, is worrisome. In the meantime … framework of deliberative democracy is adopted in the study to engage African states to embrace local self-governance as a …

, democracy and globalization. Their book is a good introduction to these topics for both experts and laymen alike. The book is … theories which attempt to explain and understand it. The next two chapters deal with democracy and its application to the … understanding of the state. Chapters six and seven deal with globalization and suprastate governance. The last two chapters deal …

power to avoid expropriation. We test these claims during the First Wave of Globalization, when ruling elites were often …