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Cultures and innovation of African poor : common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? ; on the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and black diasporas in La...
Kohnert, Dirk - 2006
The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905228
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Trust and the welfare state : the twin peaks curve
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Sangnier, Marc - 2014
We show the existence of a twin peaks relation between trust and the size of the welfare state that stems from two opposing forces. Uncivic people support large welfare states because they expect to benefit from them without bearing their costs. But civic individuals support generous benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379314
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Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States
Algan, Yann - 2011
This paper shows that cross country differences in the generosity and the quality of the welfare state are associated with differences in the trustworthiness of their citizens. We show that generous, transparent and efficient welfare states in Scandinavian countries are based on the civicness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131158
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Democratization and Civic Capital in Italy
Guiso, Luigi - 2013
We document a sharp reversal in electoral participation between the North and the South of Italy after the 1912 enfranchisement which extended voting rights from a limited lite to (almost) all adult males. When voting was restricted to the elite, electoral turnout was higher in the South but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084386
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Trust and the Welfare State : The Twin Peaks Curve
Algan, Yann - 2014
We show the existence of a twin peaks relation between trust and the size of the welfare state that stems from two opposing forces. Uncivic people support large welfare states because they expect to benefit from them without bearing their costs. But civic individuals support generous benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051446
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Efficient and inefficient welfare states
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Sangnier, Marc - 2011
This paper shows that cross country differences in the generosity and the quality of the welfare state are associated with differences in the trustworthiness of their citizens. We show that generous, transparent and efficient welfare states in Scandinavian countries are based on the civicness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009125029
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Politici imperiale în Estul şi Vestul Spaţiului Românesc
Şipoş, Sorin; Brie, Mircea; Horga, Ioan; Şarov, Igor; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
: issues and historiographies, 2. Politics, administration and society within the Empires from Middle Age, 3. Politics … and western parts in XIVth century; the Moldavian – Russian treaty from 1656; Confession, religion and society under the … of the institution of zemstva in Bessarabian society; Orthodox reaction to the politics of catholicization. Other papers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258825
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Historically Rice-Farming Societies Have Tighter Social Norms in China and Worldwide
Talhelm, Thomas - 2020
Data recently published in PNAS mapped out regional differences in the tightness of social norms across China. Norms were tighter in developed, urbanized areas and weaker in rural areas. We tested whether historical paddy rice farming has left a legacy on social norms in modern China. Pre-modern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012848653
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor. Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in La...
Kohnert, Dirk - 2012
The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056699
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Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor - on the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in L...
Kohnert, Dirk - 2009
than on national cultures. The expansion of the informal sector, caused by globalisation, requires new venues for the poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057201