Similar Search Results

Democracy and British Plantation Colonialism

Lange, Matthew - 2010

This paper explores why former British plantation colonies have relatively high levels of democracy through an analysis … democratic system during the final years of colonialism. It was made possible through extensive political reforms backed by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140710

The EU and the Legacies of Imperial Rule

Behr, Hartmut - 2010

We witness long-standing discussions in Political Science, but also in Sociology, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, and of course in EU studies, about the question what kind of order the European Union (EU) presents; or, put differently, with which con-cept it can best be analyzed. As a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140476

Political Equality and Nationalist Opposition in the French Colonial Empire

Lawrence, Adria - 2010

time periods, they were not the dominant way to oppose colonialism. This paper investigates how and why nationalist …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140887

Accounting for Paradoxical Emptiness in Contentious Intersections : 'Colonial Blackmail,' Token Causation and Sexuality in Africa

N. Nyeck, S. - 2010

, while colonialism and homosexuality may intersect as distinctive discursive categories in what I call, “colonial blackmail …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140981

Curses and Conditionality : Do Oil and Aid Affect Democratization Differently?

Wright, Joseph - 2011

empirical analysis employs data on transitions to democracy from non-democracy to examine how aid and oil affect democratization …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133246

Democracy, Development, and Armed Conflict

Hegre, Haavard - 2010

development and democracy. Low-income democracies are at least as conflict-prone as low-income non-democracies, but high …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140145

Voting Power in Multi-Party Democracies : Evidence from a Model of Electoral Targeting for Income, Gender, Age and Education Groups in 15 European Democracies

Idema, Timo - 2010

This paper develops a model of electoral targeting in multi-party systems. Seat-share maximizing parties can use policy transfers to win votes by 1) converting undecided voters, 2) mobilizing loyal supporters, or 3) lowering the turn-out of voters loyal to other parties. The model allows for the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140148

Disenchanted Workers, Selective Abstention and the Electoral Defeat of Social Democracy in Germany

Elff, Martin - 2010

The Bundestag elections of 2009 meant a crushing defeat for the German social democrats. Never before had a party faced losses at such a high percentage in post-war Germany. The paper argues that these losses were not incurred at the margin but at the core of the social democrats' traditional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140155

Diffusing Liberal Market and Democratic Values : Assessing Turkey's 'Soft Power' in Transforming its Neighborhood

Kirisci, Kemal - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140158

Democratizing During Hard Times : Germany’s Transition to Democracy in the Wake of the First World War

Peceny, Mark - 2010

distinguishes among cases based on the strength of local pro-democratic forces and of the international commitment to democracy … victorious liberal powers made almost no explicit effort to promote democracy in Germany. Instead, Germany's transition to … democracy in 1918-1919 reflected the weakening of Germany's authoritarian order through defeat in war and the contingent …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140172