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The moral foundations of liberal democracy : about the necessity of liberal civic virtues

Egle, Christoph - 2000

Numerous sociological studies describe the status of contemporary liberal democracy as frightening. Taking up these … investigations, this article asks for the preconditions of liberal democracy, particularly for their moral foundations. In contrast … a moral quality of the citizens is a necessary prerequisite for the persistence of a liberal democracy. The second aim …

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NGOs in China: effectively navigating supply and demand

Klein, Jodie Nicole - 2010

China has experienced incredible growth in the number of nongovernmental organizations (NGO) that occupy civil society. These organizations came forth at a time of rapid economic and political change. Instead of being given a supportive legal path for their work, NGOs have had to navigate the...

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Sustainable Development of Oil and Gas in the Niger Delta

Ekwere, Kingsley Udo - 2009

Since the late 1980s, the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has become the venue for mobilisation and protests by littoral states on the one hand and oil bearing communities and civil society groups on the other hand. They are protesting not only against ownership and control of oil and gas and the...

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The Road to Development is Paved With Good Institutions: The Political and Economic Implications of Financial Markets

Brown, Chelsea Denise - 2008

This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market...

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Argentinien: die Abgeordnetenwahlen von 1997

Lauga, Martín - 1998

Argentinian democracy. …

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Income and democracy : revisiting the evidence

Moral-Benito, Enrique; Bartolucci, Cristian

Este artículo ofrece una evaluación de la contribución al PIB de la infraestructura. A partir de un conjunto de datos de infraestructura que abarca 88 países durante los años 1960-2000, y utilizando un enfoque de panel de series de tiempo, el trabajo estima una función de producción...

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