Liberal democracy is under challenge on a global scale. The global financial crisis has accelerated and aggravated the … crisis of liberal democracy in the global North. The paper examines the prospects for liberal democracy in the global South … capitalism and democracy in the global South and evaluates the credentials of democratic BRICS and near-BRICS as serious pro-democracy …

development. We have made use of the Democracy index (and its constituent indicators) provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit … not withstand critical analysis. Contrary to Lee's thesis, democracy promotes globalization. In African countries …

Does democracy affect trade? There are several channels by which democracy may affect trade, with differing … implications. First, democratization in the exporting country can improve product quality and reduce trade costs, increasing … bilateral trade. Second, democratization in the importing country may increase trade barriers and thus reduce imports. In this …

In this study we explore the global effect of the Internet on democracy over the period of 1992 to 2002 by observing … the relationships between measures related to democracy and Internet prevalence. Our results show a significant … indicator of a nation's level of democratization provided by the Freedom House. With a multivariate linear regression model, we …

Historically, implementing democracy has been a domestic concern. Recent events in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, and … Iran reflect variations of the traditional pattern for democratic change within a closed society. Yet, as the world edges … into the 21st century, democratization with the companion promotion of human rights and development, particularly in what …

After the end of the Cold War, democratic transitions in many parts of the world, a significant increase in the number … communism as a confirmation of the superiority of Western-style democracy over other political regimes. In the controversial …, questions: Does the international legal system display any preference for democracy over other domestic political regimes and …

This paper provides an original study into how democratization and globalization influence terrorism - examining the … employ a gravity model to investigate the relative importance of globalization and democratization on transnational terrorism … actually increases terrorism. Ceteris paribus, the impact of being a democracy or participating in the WTO for a source country …

We address two questions that are central to the literature on the emergence of democracy and economic globalization …. First, does democratization foster higher levels of trade and capital account openness? Second, do trade and capital account … openness increase the likelihood of democratization? We review the literature in international political economy and …