THEORY BUILDING AND DEMOCRACY: AN APPRAISAL AND
... standardisation of the state structures rooted in the principles of rational political organisation. Liberal democracy and its global reach are further celebrated on the premise that presently there is no anti-democratic ideology able to generate sufficient global appeal to challenge liberal democra ...
... standardisation of the state structures rooted in the principles of rational political organisation. Liberal democracy and its global reach are further celebrated on the premise that presently there is no anti-democratic ideology able to generate sufficient global appeal to challenge liberal democra ...
“Political parties cause divisions”: Exploring Support for
... This has been a labor of love. Many times I have been tempted to stop working only to find more reason to stay. This thesis means something to me, and I am grateful to all who helped in compiling, refining, rethinking, and reworking it. First, I am grateful to the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) li ...
... This has been a labor of love. Many times I have been tempted to stop working only to find more reason to stay. This thesis means something to me, and I am grateful to all who helped in compiling, refining, rethinking, and reworking it. First, I am grateful to the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) li ...
Democracy Does Cause Growth∗ - American Economic Association
... reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages. That one party can just impose the politically difficult but critically important policies needed to move a society forward in the 21st century,” while Robert Barro states this even more boldly: “More polit ...
... reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages. That one party can just impose the politically difficult but critically important policies needed to move a society forward in the 21st century,” while Robert Barro states this even more boldly: “More polit ...
How Coups Impact Democratization
... which provides strong support for our expectations. We extend the analyses by examining which authoritarian states are most likely to democratize following a coup. Our results indicate that both strongly authoritarian leaders and leaders who have maintained power for a long time—those least likely t ...
... which provides strong support for our expectations. We extend the analyses by examining which authoritarian states are most likely to democratize following a coup. Our results indicate that both strongly authoritarian leaders and leaders who have maintained power for a long time—those least likely t ...
Five Arguments for Deliberative Democracy
... important element of the ideal of community, for it ‘expresses the equal membership of all in the sovereign body responsible for authorizing the exercise of that power’ (Cohen, 1996, p. 102). The community-generating power of public deliberation is also an ingredient in ‘discursive’ versions of deli ...
... important element of the ideal of community, for it ‘expresses the equal membership of all in the sovereign body responsible for authorizing the exercise of that power’ (Cohen, 1996, p. 102). The community-generating power of public deliberation is also an ingredient in ‘discursive’ versions of deli ...
LATENT MADISONIANISM : BEFORE AND AFTER A PREFACE TO
... beings try to live together, as far back into man 's past as one can pry, there have also been traces of a search for ways by which human beings can cooperate and conflicts within a community can be settled without extensive violence and bloodshed, according to standards of justice, held, at the ver ...
... beings try to live together, as far back into man 's past as one can pry, there have also been traces of a search for ways by which human beings can cooperate and conflicts within a community can be settled without extensive violence and bloodshed, according to standards of justice, held, at the ver ...
Nigeria Booklet
... participation has increased under democratic rule. • Nigerians feel more confident about participating in politics. A greater proportion express interest in public affairs, and considerably more people say they discuss politics with others. There is increased confidence that citizens can voice their ...
... participation has increased under democratic rule. • Nigerians feel more confident about participating in politics. A greater proportion express interest in public affairs, and considerably more people say they discuss politics with others. There is increased confidence that citizens can voice their ...
Between Communism and Democracy - BORA
... may often be difficult to know whether a definition that has been carefully established theoretically actually corresponds to the measures that have been collected from these quantitative datasets. Thus, instead of producing an explicit definition of different regime types, and of the differences in ...
... may often be difficult to know whether a definition that has been carefully established theoretically actually corresponds to the measures that have been collected from these quantitative datasets. Thus, instead of producing an explicit definition of different regime types, and of the differences in ...
Volume 13, Number 2, June 2015 - APSA-CD
... we are inclined to think, is something that happens in democracies, while autocracies are places of opacity, oppression, arbitrariness, and impunity, that have no use and no tolerance for accountability. In the workshop from which this symposium developed, Marlies Glasius identified low accountabili ...
... we are inclined to think, is something that happens in democracies, while autocracies are places of opacity, oppression, arbitrariness, and impunity, that have no use and no tolerance for accountability. In the workshop from which this symposium developed, Marlies Glasius identified low accountabili ...
electoral determinants of state repression in democracies
... influence policy while in office, the political game is less likely to be played in their favor and the prospects of retaining power becomes less likely (Young, 2009). Since democracies provide citizens with the means to remove repressive leaders through the electoral process, repressive behavior f ...
... influence policy while in office, the political game is less likely to be played in their favor and the prospects of retaining power becomes less likely (Young, 2009). Since democracies provide citizens with the means to remove repressive leaders through the electoral process, repressive behavior f ...
Pluralistic conditioning: social tolerance and effective democracy
... regimes differ is the incorporation of diverse viewpoints into public life. Exposure to such variety highlights any existing heterogeneity in society, and, for most individuals, exposure to this heterogeneity promotes tolerance of difference (pluralistic conditioning). However, those who are exposed ...
... regimes differ is the incorporation of diverse viewpoints into public life. Exposure to such variety highlights any existing heterogeneity in society, and, for most individuals, exposure to this heterogeneity promotes tolerance of difference (pluralistic conditioning). However, those who are exposed ...
The Immigrant Inclusion Index (IMIX)
... The IMIX stands at the crossroads of democracy measurement tools and indices measuring integration and citizenship policies. Whereas for the former there exists a long tradition (for an overview over the state of the art at the end of the 20th century, see Lauth 2004), for the latter kind of index b ...
... The IMIX stands at the crossroads of democracy measurement tools and indices measuring integration and citizenship policies. Whereas for the former there exists a long tradition (for an overview over the state of the art at the end of the 20th century, see Lauth 2004), for the latter kind of index b ...
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... Yet, discourses on participatory democracy clearly do not evoke only these varied incarnations of citizen participation, but also a properly political and decisional dimension: in other words, it is considered that participation enables a specific form of political decision-making to be shaped and p ...
... Yet, discourses on participatory democracy clearly do not evoke only these varied incarnations of citizen participation, but also a properly political and decisional dimension: in other words, it is considered that participation enables a specific form of political decision-making to be shaped and p ...
Democratisation`s Third Wave and the Challenges of Democratic
... the various challenges related to each area. Key findings are summarised in Chapter 4. Over the past two decades, democratisation processes have emerged in many low-income countries – in contradiction to earlier modernisation theory which held that democratisation was only possible above a certain l ...
... the various challenges related to each area. Key findings are summarised in Chapter 4. Over the past two decades, democratisation processes have emerged in many low-income countries – in contradiction to earlier modernisation theory which held that democratisation was only possible above a certain l ...
Democracy and Economic Growth: a meta-analysis
... effective allocation of resources in the marketplace, and profit maximizing private activity can all be maintained in a climate of liberty, free-flowing information and secured control of property (North 1990). Democracies can limit state intervention in the economy, are responsive to public’s deman ...
... effective allocation of resources in the marketplace, and profit maximizing private activity can all be maintained in a climate of liberty, free-flowing information and secured control of property (North 1990). Democracies can limit state intervention in the economy, are responsive to public’s deman ...
View/Open
... more technical than normative. Even though this is more the case for anticorruption than it is for democracy promotion, both agendas share the use of ‘technical’ vocabulary and approach their respective topics mainly as a matter of technical institutional adjustments.1 Both undertakings, however, ar ...
... more technical than normative. Even though this is more the case for anticorruption than it is for democracy promotion, both agendas share the use of ‘technical’ vocabulary and approach their respective topics mainly as a matter of technical institutional adjustments.1 Both undertakings, however, ar ...
Introduction - University of Notre Dame
... the world for a fairly lengthy period, makes it impossible to gather specific information about how ideas about regime change might be carried from one country to another. We gather some information indirectly that might suggest that one or another channel is more likely, by using different predicte ...
... the world for a fairly lengthy period, makes it impossible to gather specific information about how ideas about regime change might be carried from one country to another. We gather some information indirectly that might suggest that one or another channel is more likely, by using different predicte ...
Univerzita Karlova v Praze
... all those other forms that have been tried.” (Langworth 2008: 574) Even today there are wars being fought for democratic ideas all over our planet, from the Arab States in Africa and Middle East, South America or Eastern Europe. The 20st century was a victorious century for democracy, even though th ...
... all those other forms that have been tried.” (Langworth 2008: 574) Even today there are wars being fought for democratic ideas all over our planet, from the Arab States in Africa and Middle East, South America or Eastern Europe. The 20st century was a victorious century for democracy, even though th ...
democracy and corruption 1 - OJS - Universidad Autónoma del Caribe
... autocrat cannot credibly commit himself, or herself, to a given set of decisions. An autocrat can take decisions without significant control. This may enable him to impose “good” laws and policies, but he can also change them again the next day for whatever reason. Stability in autocracies is thus m ...
... autocrat cannot credibly commit himself, or herself, to a given set of decisions. An autocrat can take decisions without significant control. This may enable him to impose “good” laws and policies, but he can also change them again the next day for whatever reason. Stability in autocracies is thus m ...
Reflections on the Goal of Archival Appraisal in Democratic Societies
... This much fits the common conception of democracy. The problem comes in trying to realize democracy’s ideals. For instance, in contemporary democracies, only with great exertion can the voice of individual citizens have an effect on government policy and actions. Voting at election time is a blunt i ...
... This much fits the common conception of democracy. The problem comes in trying to realize democracy’s ideals. For instance, in contemporary democracies, only with great exertion can the voice of individual citizens have an effect on government policy and actions. Voting at election time is a blunt i ...
Documentos de Trabajo Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin
... with democracy, due to increasing liberties, more participatory decision making mechanisms and several other factors. The fact that most Latin American democracies are far from ideal, reflected for instance in the Freedom Index, might have led to a disillusionment over time in terms of how people pe ...
... with democracy, due to increasing liberties, more participatory decision making mechanisms and several other factors. The fact that most Latin American democracies are far from ideal, reflected for instance in the Freedom Index, might have led to a disillusionment over time in terms of how people pe ...
three rawlsian routes towards economic democracy
... Since this has not happened, nor does it show any signs of doing so, the question arises whether Mill was wrong about what people prefer, or whether worker-managed firms have not had a fair chance to establish themselves. If the latter is the case, should such firms be granted subsidies, at least fo ...
... Since this has not happened, nor does it show any signs of doing so, the question arises whether Mill was wrong about what people prefer, or whether worker-managed firms have not had a fair chance to establish themselves. If the latter is the case, should such firms be granted subsidies, at least fo ...
The Limits and Possibilities of Liberal Democracy Promotion
... A commonly observed feature of the post-Cold War world has been the ideational dominance of liberal democracy. Indeed, a characteristic aspect of the so-called “velvet revolutions” that marked the beginning of this period in the 1989 was their distinctly anti-utopian nature.1 No new political econom ...
... A commonly observed feature of the post-Cold War world has been the ideational dominance of liberal democracy. Indeed, a characteristic aspect of the so-called “velvet revolutions” that marked the beginning of this period in the 1989 was their distinctly anti-utopian nature.1 No new political econom ...
Nationalism and Democracy: Competing or
... theoretical/normative debates concerning the acceptability and desirability of cultural heterogeneity. On the other hand, empirical findings from studies on the effects of restrictive and/or generous citizenship politics are also taken into account when normative concerns are debated. Despite these ...
... theoretical/normative debates concerning the acceptability and desirability of cultural heterogeneity. On the other hand, empirical findings from studies on the effects of restrictive and/or generous citizenship politics are also taken into account when normative concerns are debated. Despite these ...
Democratic peace theory
Democratic peace theory is a theory which posits that democracies are hesitant to engage in armed conflict with other identified democracies. In contrast to theories explaining war engagement, it is a ""theory of peace"" outlining motives that dissuade state-sponsored violence.Some theorists prefer terms such as ""mutual democratic pacifism"" or ""inter-democracy nonaggression hypothesis"" so as to clarify that a state of peace is not singular to democracies, but rather that it is easily sustained between democratic nations.Among proponents of the democratic peace theory, several factors are held as motivating peace between liberal states:Democratic leaders are forced to accept culpability for war losses to a voting public;Publicly accountable statesmen are more inclined to establish diplomatic institutions for resolving international tensions;Democracies are less inclined to view countries with adjacent policy and governing doctrine as hostile;Democracies tend to possess greater public wealth than other states, and therefore eschew war to preserve infrastructure and resources.Those who dispute this theory often do so on grounds that it conflates correlation with causation, and that the academic definitions of 'democracy' and 'war' can be manipulated so as to manufacture an artificial trend.