When it comes to social welfare, we do not have clear understanding of whether it is more important to have democracy … or a capable state. Specifically, most studies do not consider the possibility that effects of democracy are conditioned … better developmental outcomes can result from either democracy or state capacity, but the combination of high levels of both …

Starting from the political theory distinction between freedom and necessity, my central argument is that food is not … much of the literature on the democratization of food, is inadequate because it does not necessarily undermine class … the democratization potential of sharing food …

between food and democracy. I engage with three conversations. In political theory, the distinction between necessity and …The purpose of this paper is to employ the tools provided by political theory in thinking about the relationship … feminized private family table against the encroachments of the global market. The literature on democracy as daily life …

democratization” hypothesis empirically is the endogeneity of public revenues. I use introductions of value added taxes and autonomous … citizens on democracy. The instrumental variables regressions with a panel of 122 countries over the period 1981-2008 suggest … that revenues had on average a mild positive effect on democracy …