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“inclusive governance” in Africa. In particular, power sharing pacts present a problematic solution to flawed elections in an … environment of “forced trust.” This paper begins by arguing that inclusive governance varies in three significant ways: (1) origin … term costs versus short term advantages. The benefits of inclusive governance for conflict mitigation are well known, and a …
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democratization in Africa; others claim however that the detrimental consequences of aid have influenced governance, specifically …The importance of democratization in Africa heighted at the end of the Cold War while also making aid flow a salient … feature in the democratization process. As well as encouraging development, many scholars maintain that aid flow has also …
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In Central Asia the theories and prescriptions of the transitions literature have not borne fruit. The region today is more autocratic than it was eighteen years ago at the time of the Soviet collapse. The goal of this paper is to understand why - why Transitions 1.0 failed - and to investigate...
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At least since the late 1970s, the performance measurement literature has used different terminologies to describe agency - and citizen generated performance measures. The first type of measures are placed into objective and the second type into subjective categories. This paper argues that this...
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Why are women better off in some places than in others? Cross-national studies of the status of women have demonstrated astonishing diversity in the well-being of women across countries. In the Scandinavian countries, for example, women enjoy near equality in many indicators of well-being, such...
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One of the lesser-acknowledged conclusions from analyses of the third wave relates to the importance of conservatives to democratic consolidation. Several landmark studies point to the centrality of protecting elite and business interests in democratic frameworks – for without that protection,...
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both struggles. Class analysis has always been important to studies of democratization, but in the context of developing …
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In part as a response to the weakness of political parties, international assistance to political parties has gradually become a more significant element in support programmes for democratic processes and institutions. But international party support also brings new challenges for party...
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more effective development strategies leading to welfare-improving outcomes. In terms of democratization, it is assumed … joint effects of World Bank and IMF programs on democratization in 80 developing countries from 1974 to 2007. Our results …
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We test three central claims in the consociationalist literature: that in ethnically divided societies, conflict can be reduced by adopting (1) proportional representation over majoritarian electoral rules, (2) parliamentary over presidential or semi-presidential arrangements, and (3) a federal...
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