A reasonable future for Europe can only be achieved if two essential elements are fulfilled: Firstly, newly established …

A reasonable future for Europe can only be achieved if two essential elements are fulfilled: Firstly, newly established …

We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual …-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include … models accounting for several confounders, regional and cohort fixed effects. We document that democracy - or its quality …

communism as a confirmation of the superiority of Western-style democracy over other political regimes. In the controversial …, questions: Does the international legal system display any preference for democracy over other domestic political regimes and … concurrent constitutional orders? If so, does the contemporary international order embrace any particular vision of democracy …

The EU routinely asserts that the promotion of democracy and human rights is central to its international identity … respond effectively to the emergence of a vastly more challenging environment for democracy promotion. This paper reveals … serious limits across three strands of democracy policy - the magnitude of incentives offered in return for democratic change …

in Crisis - Governance, Equity and Democracy -- Part IV: Impact of the Crisis in Europe and Latin America: Regional Level … and Some Principles for Tackling it -- Part II: Regional Governance and Crisis Management in Europe and Latin America … Legacy of an Economic Crisis -- Chapter 6: Finance Capitalism and Democracy: The Case of the Financial Transactions Tax …