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Stagnation of a “Miracle”:Botswana’s Governance Record Revisited

Soest, Christian von - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009

Botswana has been dubbed an “African miracle.” The country has been praised not only for maintaining a multiparty system and high growth rates since independence but also for its good governance record. In contrast to other African countries, the extent of neopatrimonialism, which runs...

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Context Matters – Rethinking the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa

Basedau, Matthias - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2005

Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different areas and transmission channels of how this so-called...

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Crafting Political Institutions in Africa. Electoral Systems and Systems of Government in Rwanda and Zambia Compared

Stroh, Alexander - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2007

Scholars of institutional design attribute large importance to the choice of new institutions. The comparative analysis … of new institutions is mainly a result of the speed of the process and the kind of actors involved. However, rational …

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Large-Scale Agricultural Investments under Poor Land Governance Systems: Actors and Institutions in the Case of Zambia

Nolte, Kerstin - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2013

This paper reveals how the outcomes of large-scale land acquisitions made by foreign investors in Zambia are determined by the characteristics of the country’s land governance system. Proposing a conceptual framework adapted from Williamson (1998), and using evidence constituted by expert...

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China’s Foreign Policy Think Tanks: Changing Roles and Structural Conditions

Abb, Pascal - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2013

This paper provides an overview of the landscape of Chinese foreign policy think tanks, classifies them according to the activities they pursue, and offers some explanations as to how they have developed their particular characteristics . both at the level of individual institutes as well as in...

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Institutional Conflict Settlement in Divided Societies: The Role of Subgroup Identities in Self-Government Arrangements

Juan, Alexander De - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2012

Institutions can contribute to regulating interethnic conflict; however, in many cases they fail to bring about lasting …

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How Neopatrimonialism Affects Tax Administration: A Comparative Study of Three World Regions

Soest, Christian von; Bechle, Karsten; Korte, Nina - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 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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The Culture of Fear and Control in Costa Rica (I): Crime Statistics and Law Enforcement

Huhn, Sebastian - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009

The Costa Rican talk of crime is fundamentally based on the assumption that crime rates have increased significantly in … recent years and that there is today a vast and alarming amount of crime. On the basis of this assumption, fear of crime, the … call for the “iron fist,” and drastic law enforcement actions are continually increasing. While crime statistics are the …

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Contested Cornerstones of Nonviolent National Self-Perception in Costa Rica: A Historical Approach

Huhn, Sebastian - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009

Crime, violence, and insecurity are perceived as society’s biggest problems in contemporary Costa Rica. This degree of … the fundamental basis for the current talk of crime: the civil war, the abolition of the military, the proclamation of …

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Discourses on Violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua: Social Perceptions in Everyday Life

Huhn, Sebastian - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2008

Central America has the reputation of being a violent region with high crime rates, youth gangs, drug traffic, and … and crime. On the basis of essays written by secondary school students and interviews with citizens from all walks of life … in the three countries, the paper points out how elite arguments on violence and crime are translated into everyday life …

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