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Government Legitimacy : The Effect of Representative Bureaucracy

Rombalsky, Lina - 2019

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Bureaucratic Politics and Mixed Policy Signals : U.S. Foreign Policy for China during the George W. Bush Administration

Adler, Rachel - 2009

This research project will explore U.S. foreign policy towards China during the most recent Bush Administration in order to demonstrate that bureaucratic politics play a significant role in framing policy, yet also can create confusion in terms of policy communication. Analysis is divided into...

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Bureaucratic Bargaining in a Decentralized Authoritarian Regime : The Expansion of the Labor Contract System in China

Chou, Chelsea Chia-chen - 2009

Why does an authoritarian regime improve labor conditions given the lack of representation of working class in the government? Conventional wisdom suggests that concerns about regime stability compel the top leaders to appeal to the working class for support. This paper challenges this statement...

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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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