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Democratization via elections in an African "narco-state"? : the case of Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

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Democratization via elections in an African "Narco-State"? : The case of Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

creation of viable state institutions. -- Guinea-Bissau ; elections ; democratization ; informal institutions ; aid …, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures …. The portrayal of Guinea-Bissau as a failed "narco-state", as well as Western aid meant to stabilize this state, are both …

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Informal institutions in autocracies : analytical perspectives and the case of the Chinese Communist Party

Köllner, Patrick - 2013

Analyses of the shape and functioning of systems of political rule need to address informal institutions, which exist alongside and can relate to formal institutions in various ways. In this paper, I first discuss some analytical foundations of the study of such institutions. I then suggest that...

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Are all dictators equal? : the selective targeting of democratic sanctions against authoritarian regimes

Soest, Christian von; Wahman, Michael - 2013

Since the end of the Cold War, Western powers have frequently used sanctions as a reaction to declining levels of democracy and human rights violations in authoritarian regimes. However, some of the world's most repressive authoritarian regimes have never been subjected to sanctions, while other...

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Contingent democrats in action : organized labor and regime change in the Republic of Niger

Elischer, Sebastian - 2013

The effects of organized labor on regime change in developing countries are not clear‐cut. Optimists argue that union agitation is conducive to both democratic transition and consolidation processes. Pessimists hold that unions will support any regime that is conducive to their demands....

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A democratic rentier state? : taxation, aid dependency, and political representation in Benin

Piccolino, Giulia - 2014

Benin, a low-income West African country that underwent a fairly successful democratization process in the early 1990s. It … finds, in contrast to previous studies that have emphasized dependency on aid rents, that Benin appears to have reinforced … its extractive capacities since democratization. However, the effect of democratization has been largely indirect, while …

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Informal interference in the judiciary in new democracies : a comparison of six African and Latin American cases

Llanos, Mariana; Tibi Weber, Cordula; Heyl, Charlotte; … - 2014

This paper assesses the extent to which elected power holders informally intervene in the judiciaries of new democracies, an acknowledged but under-researched topic in studies of judicial politics. The paper first develops an empirical strategy for the study of informal interference based on...

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Claims to legitimacy matter : why sanctions fail to instigate democratization in authoritarian regimes

Grauvogel, Julia; Soest, Christian von - 2013

era to instigate democratization globally. However, despite long-term external pressure through sanctions imposed by the …

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Electoral rentierism? : the cross-national and subnational effect of oil on electoral competitiveness in multiparty autocracies

Wahman, Michael; Basedau, Matthias - 2015

. The paper tests the hypothesis cross‐nationally, using data on all multiparty elections held in the world in the period …

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Power sharing in the Asia-Pacific

Reilly, Benjamin - 2014

Executive power sharing has been practiced widely in the Asia‐Pacific region, in both formal and informal ways. This paper examines the theory and practice of these various approaches to the sharing or dividing of governing power across the region. I look first at the broad issues of executive...

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