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Mutascu, Mihai - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In this study we are examining the validity of relationship between level of taxation and democracy, using a panel …

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Workers of the world, unite! Franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938

Aidt, Toke S.; Jensen, Peter S. - Institut for Virksomhedsledelse og Økonomi, Syddansk … - 2010

This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson (2000). We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events happening in neighboring countries. We investigate...

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Inequality, Development, and the Stability of Democracy – Lipset and Three Critical Junctures in German History

Jung, Florian; Sunde, Uwe - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2011

This paper studies the endogenous emergence of political regimes, in particular democracy, oligarchy and mass … democracy is the political outcome. This distribution is even independent of the particular development level if the income … democracy is infeasible in equilibrium irrespective of the level of development. The model also delivers results on the …

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CONSTRUCTING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LEGAL SYSTEM FROM THE GROUND UP: THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL LITIGANTS AND NATIONAL COURTS

Mattli, Walter; Slaughter, Anne-Marie - Jean Monnet Chair - 1996

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A Divided Union? Public Opinion and the EU’s Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy

Peters, Dirk - RECON - 2011

relation between polling results and wider questions of democracy and, on this basis, examines three aspects of public opinion …

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The European Union and Turkey: Democracy, Multiculturalism and European Identity

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem - RECON - 2011

accession to the EU could help the EU to tackle the challenges of multiculturalism and democracy. It analyzes the influence of … normative argumentation and addresses the twin challenges of democracy and multiculturalism to the EU through the prism of the …

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Science, Technology and Democracy on the STS Agenda: Review Article

Mercer, David - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 1, pp. 81-91

Irwin's 'Citizen Science' and Sclove's 'Technology and Democracy' represent two important recent attempts, from … technology on democracy. Despite their differences both texts address similar politkal questions and display some theoretical …

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Globalization isn't New; Anti-globalization isn't Either: September 11 and the History of Nations

Carey, James - In: Prometheus 20 (2002) 3, pp. 289-293

The September 11 attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center reveals, among other things, a colossal failure of intelligence and radical deficiencies in our understanding of communications in the modern world. The history of nations and the history of communications are continuous, though...

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War on weapons of mass destruction and terrorism: The right track for human security?

Kim, Tae-Hyo - In: Global Economic Review 32 (2003) 3, pp. 85-93

the WMD pursuers and terrorists per se. Advancing its existing grand strategy of promoting democracy and the market …

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Income and democracy: revisiting the evidence

Moral-Benito, Enrique; Bartolucci, Cristian - Banco de España - 2011

It is well-known in the literature that income per capita is strongly correlated with the level of democracy across … income to democracy even after controlling for country-specifi c effects. While a positive effect emerges for poor countries …

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