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Enfranchisement from a political perspective

Munshi, Soumyanetra - In: Constitutional Political Economy 22 (2011) 1, pp. 21-57

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Democratization, Violent Social Conflicts, and Growth

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the “Third Wave”, we find evidence that the … effect of democratization is weaker than reported previously once one accounts for the incidence of conflict, while the … significantly reduce the incidence and onset of conflict, which suggests that part of the positive growth effect of democratization …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002561

Democratization, Violent Social Conflicts, and Growth

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2011

. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the "Third Wave", we find evidence that the … effect of democratization is weaker than reported previously once one accounts for the incidence of conflict, while the … significantly reduce the incidence and onset of conflict, which suggests that part of the positive growth effect of democratization …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003402

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 … on doubtful concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if …

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Women's rights in Turkey as gauge of its European vocation: The impact of ‘EU-niversal values’

Muftuler-Bac, Meltem; Onar, Nora Fisher - RECON - 2010

It is often assumed that Turkey’s chance of accession to the EU would be enhanced were the European project to move in an inclusive, cosmopolitan direction. However, the inclusion of women’s rights and post-sexual revolution sexuality in the battery of ‘EU-niversal’ values could still...

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Lisbon Treaty and the Possibility of a European Network Demoi-cracy

Paskalev, Vesselin - European University Institute (EUI), Department of Law - 2009

The paper discusses the Early Warning Mechanism (EWM) to be introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the incentives of the national parliaments to use it and the limited opportunity it opens for bringing Europe closer to its citizens. It is suggested that the EWM provides Europe with a chance to develop...

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The Promise of European Integration. Improving the Quality of Democracy in the European Neighborhood

MAZMANYAN, Armen - European University Institute (EUI), Department of Law - 2009

The recent research on EU’s role in democratization in the post-communist world has been primarily concerned with its …

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When does more aid imply less democracy? An empirical examination

Vlachaki, Irene; Kalyvitis, Sarantis - Department of International and European Economic … - 2011

Foreign aid flows have increased considerably during the last decades, targeting, apart from development objectives, goals related to democracy. In this paper we investigate whether aid has affected the political regime of recipient countries. To this end, we use annual data on Net Official...

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Can Lipset’s theory travel through time and space? the destination Nicaragua, 1972-1998. A time series test of the social requisites of democracy.

Michalak, Katja - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The epigraph is emblematic of an orthodox theoretical view that ‘only in a wealthy society could a situation exist in which the mass of the population could intelligently participate in politics’ and that this relationship is universal and applicable cross time and space. Comparing ancient...

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Challenging path dependence? Ideational mapping of nationalism and the EU’s transformative power: The case of infrastructural politics in SEE

Klimov, Blagoy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The research employs historical institutionalism, amplified by ideas to explain path dependent political behaviour. The theoretical framework is applied to explain political behaviour in the Balkans, where Greece and Bulgaria, despite many similarities have developed highly antagonistic...

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