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From Military Instruments of Dictatorship to Political Instruments of Democracy: Regimes of Exception in Bolivia 2000?2010

Wright, Claire; Landivar, Ana Soliz - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2013

survived the transitions to democracy in Latin America. Focusing on the case of Bolivia, the research is based on relevant laws …

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A Democratic Rentier State? Taxation, Aid Dependency, and Political Representation in Benin

Piccolino, Giulia - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2014

Drawing on the history of statebuilding in Western Europe, fiscal sociology has proposed the existence of a mutually reinforcing effect between the emergence of representative government and effective taxation. This paper looks at the case of Benin, a low-income West African country that...

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Polyarchies, Competitive Oligarchies, or Inclusive Hegemonies? 23 Global Intergovernmental Organizations Compared

Lopes, Dawisson Belém - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2015

In this paper, I assume that global intergovernmental organizations (GIGOs) function as “enablers” of interstate liberal politics by way of their multilateral institutional frame-works. To support this view, I recall and adapt the classical concept of “polyarchy,” coined in the early...

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Democracy and Human Rights in the European-Asian Dialogue: A Clash of Cooperation Cultures?

Loewen, Howard - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2008

cooperation norms or cultures can account for interregional cooperation problems in the areas of democracy and human rights within … the institutional context: while disagreements over the question of democracy and human rights between the EU and ASEAN … nature of the interregional human rights and democracy dialogue between Asia and Europe. …

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Inclusive Institutions and the Onset of Internal Conflict in Resource-rich Countries

Wegenast, Tim - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010

The literature on institutional determinants of intra-state violence commonly asserts that the presence of multiple political parties reduces the conflict potential within countries; by co-opting oppositional groups into an institutionalized political arena, dissidents would prefer...

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In Search of Legitimacy in Post-revolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back In

Holbig, Heike; Gilley, Bruce - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010

postrevolutionary regime through economic performance, nationalism, ideology, culture, governance, and democracy. At the same time, the …

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Promoting Peace and Democracy through Party Regulation? Ethnic Party Bans in Africa

Becher, Anika; Basedau, Matthias - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2008

, and this paper engages in a preliminary analysis of their effects on democracy and peace. Theoretically, particularistic …

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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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