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Sectoral transformations in neo-patrimonial rentier states : tourism development and state policy in Egypt

Richter, Thomas (contributor); … - 2007

This article challenges claims that liberalising state regulated markets in developing countries may induce lasting economic development. The analysis of the rise of tourism in Egypt during the last three decades suggests that the effects of liberalisation and structural adjustment are...

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Can historical institutionalism be applied to political regime development in Africa?

Erdmann, Gero - 2011

Historical institutionalism has been used to explain the emergence of democracy and dictatorship in various regions of the world, but not applied to political development in Africa. Based on the recently refined concepts of historical institutionalism, the aim of this study is to provide a...

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Managing ethnic conflict : the menu of institutional engineering

Basedau, Matthias - 2011

The debate on institutional engineering offers options to manage ethnic and other conflicts. This contribution systematically assesses the logic of these institutional designs and the empirical evidence on their functioning. Generally, institutions can work on ethnic conflict by either...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009229262

Informal institutions in autocracies : analytical perspectives and the case of the Chinese Communist Party

Köllner, Patrick - 2013

Analyses of the shape and functioning of systems of political rule need to address informal institutions, which exist alongside and can relate to formal institutions in various ways. In this paper, I first discuss some analytical foundations of the study of such institutions. I then suggest that...

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How neopatrimonialism affects tax administration : a comparative study of three world regions

Soest, Christian von - 2011

Neopatrimonialism is a concept that has predominately been applied to describe governance in sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, though, it has also been used to describe states from other world regions. However, scholars have rarely attempted to systematically compare neopatrimonial rule in different...

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Patronage-preserving federalism? : Legislative malapportionment and subnational fiscal policies in Argentina

Gordin, Jorge P. - 2007

This paper builds on institutional analysis to generate new conclusions about the economic viability of federalism. It does so by suggesting that Weingast´s seminal model of marketpreserving federalism falls short of accounting for the poor fiscal performance of multitiered systems in the...

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Nigeria : a prime example of the resource curse? : Revisiting the oil-violence link in the Niger Delta

Kuhn, Annegret - 2010

oil theft helps to explain the perpetuation of the violent conflicts at a low level of intensity. -- Nigeria ; natural …Nigeria: ein "Musterbeispiel" des Ressourcenfluchs? Eine kritische Evaluation des Zusammenhangs von Erdöl und Gewalt im … - bereits vor Beginn der Erdölförderung in Nigeria virulent waren. Erdöl hat das Risiko gewaltsamer Konflikte zweitens durch …

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Revisiting the resource-conflict link : a systematic comparative test of causal mechanisms in four major oil-exporting countries

Basedau, Matthias - 2011

major oil exporters (Algeria, Iran, Nigeria, and Venezuela) with differing levels of internal violence. To capture the …

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Conflict prevention through natural resource management? : a comparative study

Kuhn, Annegret - 2011

medium-N sample of oildependent countries and three in-depth case studies (Algeria, Nigeria, and Venezuela), we evaluate … schließen. Anhand von 31 Erdölexporteuren und von drei Fallstudien (Algerien, Nigeria und Venezuela) wird untersucht, welche …

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Machtquelle Erdöl : die Außen-, Innen- und Wirtschaftspolitik von Erdölstaaten

Basedau, Matthias (ed.); Kappel, Robert (ed.) - 2011 - 1. Auflage

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