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The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
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income, specifically, appears to prevent democratization in Muslim–majority countries. This paper will attempt to argue that …
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According to a narrow definition, institutional capacity of the state is the ability of the government to enforce laws and regulations. There are a lot of subjective indices (control over corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, etc.) that are designed to measure the state...
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The present paper aims to analyze the consequences of neo-liberalism on the prospect of democratization in Latin … America, by concentrating on two case-studies, Brazil and Chile. The analysis is done on a double level. In a first part it … level of evaluation highlights the deficiency of an efficacious political democratization at the level of the State and the …
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existing literature on democratization and inequality that higher level of inequality brings decrease in democratization, since … beginning, the increased corruption due to democratization would be expected to increase inequality (Gupta et al, 1998).Then at …
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The process of political and economic liberalisation in Benin is regarded as a model for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. Benin made history by becoming the first African country to overthrow a military dictator by democratic means. The civilian coup d'état cleared the way for economic...
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democratization (1991-2003). …
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evidence that supports the hypothesis from the simulation. This result contributes to empirical democratization studies because …
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The process of democratization in Benin has been praised as a model for the whole of francophone Africa. Initiated by … to guarantee the balance of power were implanted. However, the political elite which dominated the democratization … social and political relations, including venality. Besides, democratization in Benin - the cradle of "vodun" - was neatly …
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, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures … on doubtful concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if …
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