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Democratization via Elections in an African "Narco-state"? The Case of Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures …. The portrayal of Guinea-Bissau as a failed 'narco-state', as well as Western aid meant to stabilize this state, are both … based on dubious concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275963
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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures …. Both the portrayal of Guinea-Bissau as failed ‘narco state' as well as Western aid meant to stabilize this state are based … on doubtful concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602771
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The Successful Ghana Election of 2008 – a Convenient Myth? Ethnicity in Ghana's Elections Revisited
Jockers, Heinz; Kohnert, Dirk; Nugent, Paul - 2009
Ghana's 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception … dangerous time bomb of unresolved conflict which could explode in future elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285638
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The Successful Ghana Election of 2008 – a Convenient Myth? Ethnicity in Ghana’s Elections Revisited
Jockers, Heinz; Kohnert, Dirk; Nugent, Paul - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009
Ghana’s 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception … dangerous time bomb of unresolved conflict which could explode in future elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459762
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The Successful Ghana Election of 2008: A Convenient Myth? Ethnicity in Ghana's elections revisited
Jockers, Heinz; Kohnert, Dirk; Nugent, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Ghana’s 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception … dangerous time bomb of unresolved conflict which could explode in future elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039979
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Explaining differences in environmental policy across Europe: the importance of informal institutions, incomplete information and path dependence
Wätzold, Frank - 2006
What factors shape environmental policies across Europe? In order to answer this question most economists would probably adopt a Public Choice approach. This approach has explained some aspects of environmental policies that exist in a similar fashion across Europe convincingly. But why do many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304600
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Past dominations, current informal institutions and the Italian regional economic performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2013
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 Italian NUTS3 regions, including new measures of institutional quality calculated using data on the provision of four areas of public service: health, educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397522
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Is Women's Ownership of Land a Panacea in Developing Countries? Evidence from Land-Owning Farm Households in Malawi
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - 2014
Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal institutions coexist, suggests that (a) in matrilineal societies the likelihood of cash crop cultivation by a household increases with the extent of land owned (or de facto controlled) by males,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333324
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Judicial Independence in the EU – A Puzzle
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2017
Based on data from the EU Justice Scoreboard, we identify a puzzle: National levels of judicial independence (as perceived by the citizens of EU member states) are negatively associated with the presence of formal legislation usually considered as conducive to judicial independence. We try to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632248
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Causes of the social and economic marginalisation: The role of social mobility barriers for Roma
Ciaian, Pavel; Kancs, D'Artis - 2016
The present paper studies causes of the social and economic marginalisation, in particular, the role of social mobility barriers for Roma. We have identified two types of social mobility barriers for Roma: the cost of exit from the traditional Roma community and the cost of entry into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853360