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The effects of organized labor on regime change in developing countries are not clear‐cut. Optimists argue that union agitation is conducive to both democratic transition and consolidation processes. Pessimists hold that unions will support any regime that is conducive to their demands....
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According to the theory of "democratic peace" India, as the largest democracy in the world and as South Asia …'s predominant regional power, should be expected to promote democracy in neighboring countries. However, New Delhi lacks any … official democracypromotion policy, and its past record on democracy in the region is mixed at best. Against this background …
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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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Wahlkreisen die Möglichkeit ein, Politiker lokal für ihr Handeln verantwortlich zu machen. Daher trägt das ruandische Wahlsystem …
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aid. -- democratization ; democracy promotion ; political party assistance ; political party research … democracy. All this suggests the necessity of abandoning the controversial aim of the "transformative impact" of political party … letztlich zur Konsolidierung von Demokratie führen kann. All dies legt schließlich nahe, das grundlegende Transformationsziel …
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, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures … based on dubious concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if … creation of viable state institutions. -- Guinea-Bissau ; elections ; democratization ; informal institutions ; aid …
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, they point to distinct causal mechanisms depending on the type of political regime (for example, autocracy versus democracy … Demokratie) verwiesen, um den Beginn von Außenwirtschaftsliberalisierung in Entwicklungsländern zu erklären. Zweitens wird auf …
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Indonesia has long been associated with neopatrimonialism, corruption, collusion, and nepotism as the main modi operandi of politics, economics and public administration. Despite various measures and initiatives to fight these practises, little evidence for a significant decline can be found...
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The paper points out that there is hardly any research for the reverse transition, the transition from democracy to non …-democratic regimes for more than 30 years. For heuristical purposes, it provides basic data of the decline of democracy, which refers to … loss of democratic quality, changes from liberal democracy to hybrid and to authoritarian regimes, during the third wave of …
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Electioneering for the Japanese Lower House has undergone significant changes in recent years. Not only institutional but also other environmental changes are pushing political actors in Japan to complement the hitherto dominant vote-mobilisation approach by vote-chasing strategies. Such...
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