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The European Union and its neighbours: "Everything but institutions"?

Chilosi, Alberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The paper considers the status of the European Neighbourhood Policy in the light of the new Financial Perspective 2007-2013. Even if in theory the ENP could have been a valid substitute for enlargement, it does not seem to have reached its aim of providing the perspective of a real substitute...

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Does Oil Income Impede Democratization In Muslim– Majority Countries?

Nuri Aras, Osman; Suleymanov, Elchin; Zeynalov, Ayaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

income, specifically, appears to prevent democratization in Muslim–majority countries. This paper will attempt to argue that …

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Developing new measurements of State institutional capacity

Popov, Vladimir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

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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Neo-liberalism, consequences on the prospect of democratization in Latin America

Dobra, Alexandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The present paper aims to analyze the consequences of neo-liberalism on the prospect of democratization in Latin … level of evaluation highlights the deficiency of an efficacious political democratization at the level of the State and the …

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Explaining the two-way causality between inequality and democratization through corruption and concentration of power

Eren, Ozlem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

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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From 'Camarade' to 'Monsieur': Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Benin

Kohnert, Dirk; Preuss, Hans-Joachim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992

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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Foreign Direct Investment and Civil Rights: Testing Decreasing Returns to Civil Rights

Ponce, Aldo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

democratization (1991-2003). …

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Inequality and Authoritarianism in the Developing Countries

Hamanaka, Shingo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

evidence that supports the hypothesis from the simulation. This result contributes to empirical democratization studies because …

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On the divide between constitutional legislation and constitutional reality in the democratization process in Benin Republic

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996

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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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

, 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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