Democratization and the welfare state -- A dynamic policymaking framework -- Authoritarianism and the origins of social … Taiwan -- Democracy and the idea of social welfare -- Defending democracy …

subjects may exit. In a simple model, both kinds of competition are substitutes. Internal competition (democracy) benefits … democracy, and rulers are less eager to oppose it, when external competition is high. In a panel of countries, there are fewer … changes towards democracy when states have low GDP relative to their neighbours. -- political competition ; dictatorship …