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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of civil society in providing higher levels of employment and earnings compared to what labour contractors usually offer. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the primary survey data the authors have estimated econometric...
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a particular focus on the impact of democracy on investment. Design/methodology/approach – The first step was to … was found that democracy has a positive and statistically significant impact on private investment in Fiji. The paper … a CGE model to examine the impact of democracy, via investment, on other macroeconomic fundaments. No other study is …
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economic system of democracy. It seeks to put forth the concept of economic democracy and understand as the process enabling … prosperity based on occupational diversification as a practical consequence of the economic democracy. …
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Conservative Democracy in Turkey in their politico-economic strategies for dealing with the social question with the thought that … contextualised into the evolutionary cycles of the socialism ? social democracy ? the Third Way in Europe and the Just Order … ? Conservative Democracy in the Ottoman-Turkish territory. Initially focusing on the first cycle, the paper then turns to examine the …
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Purpose – The greatest asset of US capitalism until recently has been a blend of pragmatism with a passion to create the best socio-economic system in the world. Today the USA is besieged by unprecedented budget deficit, public debt, financial crises, unemployment and rising...
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Economic growth, without distributional measures and policies, engenders inequality and concentration. National income may be distributed either through the establishment of a proper welfare system, or by the encouragement of and incentive for economic activities and policies with built-in...
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concept of democracy to provide a common set of categories to evaluate its depth and quality. Design/methodology/approach – In … order to measure the depth and health of democracy, democratic development incorporates four categories of human progress …, democratic inclusiveness, democratic health, and human capital, providing a framework to measure progress in reform, democracy …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686108
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the link between political participation and life satisfaction whilst correcting for the endogenous nature of the relationship; explore the impact of different strengths of political participation and aim to uncover if the relationship displays...
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