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This paper analyses the transformative power of NATO accession that gains in importance due to the enlargement fatigue of the EU, the EU’s rather weak neighbourhood incentives and the increasing importance of regional security as an incentive for compliance with the institutional standards of...
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We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where … the conditions under which democratization initially takes place. The political regime and the extent of redistribution …
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option to engage in conflict. Using a game theoretical framework, it is argued that an increase in the amount of natural … resources (in the informal sector where conflict for a common-pool rent materializes) reduces the incentives of entrepreneurial … increase in the amount of resources in the common pool induces intensified conflict among groups and less R&D investment …
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This paper empirically assesses how democratization affects real exchange rates. Specifically, in line with the … democratic peace theory we argue that democratization reduces currency undervaluation, and thus, might bring misalignments in … results reveal that democratization causes real exchange rates to appreciate, lending empirical support to the democratic …
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(consensual crowding out). And finally, the more a government supports democratization, the lower is the individual's engagement …
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(consensual crowding out). And finally, the more a government supports democratization, the lower is the individual's engagement …
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The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...
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One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...
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From "Comrade" to "Monsieur": Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Benin: The process of political and economic …
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Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention …, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures … based on dubious concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if …
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