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Values and norms matter: on the basic determinants of long-run economic development
Voigt, Stefan; Park, Sang-Min - 2008
Over the last couple of decades, it has become a commonplace to claim that institutions matter" for economic development. Yet, institutions are not exogenous but the result of hu-man action. It is argued here that the values and norms held by substantial parts of society’s members are an...
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Social media use for offline political action (OPA) and corruption in Africa: impacts and transmission channels
Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; Asongu, Simplice; Ngueleweu, … - 2023
effective civil society participation and the improvement of the quality of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549386
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Transformation from below in Bolivia and Bangladesh: Decentralization, local governance, and systemic change
Faguet, Jean-Paul - 2015
only decentralization, but also democracy, from the bottom up. Beginning with Bolivia, I explore the deep economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291412
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Democratic Innovations Help Fight Covid-19 in Latin America
Pogrebinschi, Thamy - 2020
While some Latin American countries remain in the middle of the pandemic and their governments have been either unable or unwilling to do anything about it, civil society has begun to initiate a considerable number of digital democratic innovations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388439
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Shrinking spaces in the Middle East and North Africa: Supporting civil society resilience
Saliba, Ilyas - 2023
negative effects on human rights, democracy and civil society. Therefore, it is important that European policymakers recognise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014471620
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Foreign aid and democratic consolidation in Zambia
Rakner, Lise - 2012
and agencies of restraint. The study argues for an enhanced emphasis on democracy assistance that may strengthen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319779
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Task force: Corporate social responsibility in Japan und Österreich
Pascha, Werner (contributor); Holtschneider, Uwe (contributor) - 2008
This report approaches Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Japan and Austria. It was elaborated by students in the … frame of a 'Task Force' seminar. It addresses empirically the issues of 1) public and private reporting of CSR, 2) case …Das vorliegende Heft untersucht Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in den Ländern Japan und Österreich. Es …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302284
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The Reform of China's Energy Policies
Betz, Joachim - 2013
China's shift in energy policies has been broader, deeper and more successful than that of most other emerging economies, although the economic costs of this transition are tremendous because China is an over-industrialized country whose production is highly energy-intense and it depends on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291874
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Bilden sich in China Strukturen einer Zivilgesellschaft heraus?
Heberer, Thomas; Sausmikat, Nora - 2004
This paper analyzes the question whether or not in China structures of a civil society are emerging. It addresses the increasing separation of state and society, the society's differentiation, growing social and spatial disparities, the turn of the CCP from a class towards a people's party, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302342
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Task Force: zivilgesellschaftliche Entwicklungen in China
Göbel, Christian (contributor); Heberer, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
Die vorliegende Arbeit geht der Frage nach, ob sich in China eine Zivilgesellschaft in der Entstehung befindet. Die Autorinnen und Autoren widmen sich hierfür einer Reihe politischer und sozialer Entwicklungen und Phänomene, die auf ein sich änderndes Beziehungsgefüge zwischen Staat und...
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