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, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures … based on dubious concepts. Certainly, the impact of drug trafficking could endanger democratization and state-building if …
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regimes’ propensity to change towards democratization and economic prosperity. They took Togo as model to test their approach …. Empirical findings on the linkage between democratization and economic performance are challenged in this paper because of its … democratization of its institutions or to the improved external environment, notably the growing competition between global players …
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in particular, little is known on the effect of donors policies on civic agency for democratization in aid dependent …
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This paper empirically assesses how democratization affects real exchange rates. By doing this, we combine so far … separated strands of the economic literature and argue that democratization reduces currency undervaluation leading to a real … and significant finding: democratization causes real exchange rates to appreciate. Consequently, the ongoing process of …
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era to instigate democratization globally. However, despite long-term external pressure through sanctions imposed by the …
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This paper analyses the transformative power of NATO accession that gains in importance due to the enlargement fatigue of the EU, the EU’s rather weak neighbourhood incentives and the increasing importance of regional security as an incentive for compliance with the institutional standards of...
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simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world. …
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, and this question has gained critical importance particularly in the African context, where a wave of democratization in …
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This paper assesses the extent to which elected power holders informally intervene in the judiciaries of new democracies, an acknowledged but under-researched topic in studies of judicial politics. The paper first develops an empirical strategy for the study of informal interference based on...
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This study contributes to the literature that analyzes the consequences of economic sanctions for the target country’s human rights situation. We offer a political economy explanation for different types of human rights infringements or improvements in reaction to economic shocks caused by...
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