There are two innovations in the paper as compared to the previous literature on democracy and growth. First, we … consider not only the level of democracy, but also changes in this level in the 1970s-1990s as measured by increments of … Freedom House political rights indices. Second, the distinction is made between democracy and law and order (order based on …

aid generally supports rather than hinders democracy building around the world; ii) aid modalities influence the … literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate …

linkages between trade unions, democratization and union democracy and concludes with a reflection on the new concerns about … sustaining industrial and political democracy; however, there is a debate about the conditions under which unions can be … effective, and the role of unions’ internal democracy is particularly controversial. The article discusses the theoretical …

quality of democracy. However, there is a non-negligible share of democracies that implement a minority-backed amount of …

This paper presents a general equilibrium model of conflict based on a world populated by representative democracies … democratic leaders is strong, a more democratic world may not necessarily be more peaceful. We discuss the role that norms and … institutions can play in facilitating a more peaceful world with democracies - for example, free trade areas and alliance formation. …

majority of people. The fundamental reason thereof is the blatant contradiction between the principle of democracy, promoting … the essential of democracy. It could be a road to genuine reforms3 preventing a disaster caused by the sheer rejection of …