"This paper presents a theory of competition for political leadership between incumbent leaders and their challengers … perfectly competitive (ideal democracy). Leaders are constrained by the threat of "entry" or their ability to tax (or both), so … trade sanctions and other policies designed to promote democracy may actually have the unintended consequences of …

This article is a critical investigation and application of the aesthetic theory of Cornelius Castoriadis, one of the … most important 20th-century theorists of radical democracy. We outline Castoriadis's thoughts on autonomy, the social …-historical nature of Being, and creation-key elements that inform his model of democratic culture. We then develop a Castoriadian …

giving participants the possibility to choose which institution to adopt, we find that democracy is the by far most popular …

syndrome of culturally embedded democracy in rich countries only. Using these climato-economic niches of culture, we then …In a 104-nation study we first demonstrate that cultural self-expression, individualism and democracy languish in poor … estimate how unarrested global warming in conjunction with unaltered economic growth would affect democratic culture in 138 …