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more important consequence of the presence of a strong military is that once transition to democracy takes place, the …
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individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …
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individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667865
more important consequence of the presence of a strong military is that once transition to democracy takes place, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761843
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
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of democracy in his country during his tenure. This effect is shown to be independent from the leader's education level …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These …
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democracy than South Korean subjects. Attitudes toward institutions are more strongly associated with the experimental behaviors …
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We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold that suffrage changes reflected labour market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions...
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Africa's quest to achieving improved health status and meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets cannot be effectively achieved without examining the quality of leadership, transitions and regimes and how they impact on the decisions and the policy effectiveness that bring about improved...
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new instrument for democracy and the extension of the franchise, the effect of decolonisation on democracy in the … colonising country's democratisation to identify the causal effect of democracy on heights. We find robust evidence of a link … between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male …
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