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alleviation have largely ignored elites. By failing to embrace the crucial role elites play in the implementation of pro … towards pro-poor policy. Historical accounts of the evolution of welfare states in the UK and USA inform us that elites … prioritization of poverty reduction is driven by the extent to which elites and the poor are interdependent, such that the presence …
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-neoliberal) and the analysis of positions (statements, actions, exclusions) of strategic elites. …
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Discussion of development strategies in Mozambique reveals three main perspectives on the role of elites in the policy …. Based on this understanding, this paper analyses the role of elites in policy processes, focusing on elite formation and … that the dominant analyses of the role of the elites in the policy process in Mozambique overlook the process of elite …
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This paper analyses the transformation of elites in the Visegrád Four countries (namely the Czech Republic, Hungary …
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sample. Furthermore, the report provides a first overview on the demographic composition of German elites. …
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This paper analyzes the interconnection between elites and its effects on economic growth. For decades, the … elites actually lead to lower economic growth. …
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of geography on the transition process in authoritarian political regimes, and to investigate the nature of the links between political change, economic reforms and geographic location. A simple model of transition and democratization is...
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Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...
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, enlightened electorates, benevolent political elites, and problem-solving progressive alliances - seem inapt for understanding … financial and political elites who are paradoxically both disconnected from national territory and sometimes in direct alliance …
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Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. Information provided in a neutral form had no effect on voting intentions....
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