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Energy Leverage in Conditions of External Shock : The Case of Russian Energy Relations with Ukraine and Belarus, 2006-2009

Balmaceda, Margarita M. - 2014

This paper looks at the interrelationship between external shocks and integration processes in the relationship between two relatively small states (Belarus and Ukraine) and their much larger neighbor (Russia). It contrasts Russia’s willingness and ability to use energy as a soft-power...

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Varieties of Capitalism and Varieties of Macroeconomic Policy : Are Some Economies More Pro-Cyclical than Others?

Amable, Bruno; Azizi, Karim - 2009

Recent contributions to the Variety of capitalism literature have argued that nonliberal economies should be expected to have less accommodating macroeconomic policies than Liberal Market Economies (LMEs). Using Time Series Cross Section data on 16 OECD countries between 1980 and 2002, we test...

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Aid and Democratization : At the Intersection of Africa's Crisis

Rodriguez, Mariela A. - 2009

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 promoted democratization. Some scholars argue that aid...

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Bribes and Ballots : The Impact of Corruption on Voter Turnout in 75 Democracies

Stockemer, Daniel - 2009

While officials involved in graft, bribery, extortion, nepotism, or patronage typically like to keep their deeds private, the fact that corruption can have serious effects in democracies is no secret. Numerous scholars have brought into the limelight the impact of corruption on a range of...

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Strategic Government Spending in Emergent Democracies : Evidence from South Korea and Taiwan

Yap, O. Fiona - 2009

How is government spending used strategically in the emergent Asian democracies of South Korea and Taiwan? As nations generally considered to have weathered democratization, a study of government spending in South Korea and Taiwan is instructive on how allocations may be used strategically...

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Democracy Without Parties? Explaining Party Under-Institutionalization in Korea

Lee, Yoonkyung - 2010

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Market-Based Repoliticization and Democracy in Latin America

Arce, Moises; Bellinger, Paul - 2009

Recent research has found that economic liberalization undermines democracy in the short-term, while reinforcing it … over the long run, producing a J-curve relationship between economic liberalization and democracy. The widespread belief … positive, long-term effect of economic liberalization on democracy. However, numerous studies have challenged the …

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War, Recruitment Systems, and Democracy

Avant, Deborah - 2009

armies in the nineteenth century. This was an important military change, but it also proved important for democracy. The …

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Explaining Correct Voting in Swiss Direct Democracy

Nai, Alessandro - 2009

The quality of a political system, and especially of a direct-democratic one, lies in the quality of the decisions citizens take. As some authors argue, this can be measured through the overall presence of "correct voting", namely the fact that even uninformed citizens can mimic the choice of...

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Why Politicians don't Protest Elections -- Losers' Consent in Established Democracies

Esaiasson, Peter - 2009

The paper explores how politicians in established democracies respond to election outcome in terms of attitudinal system support. While current research is dominated by a disappointed loser perspective, it argues that a morally based voluntary acceptance perspective adds insight about the forces...

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