What is Degrowth? From an Activist Slogan to a Social Movement
... space and time, and the prognosis engages multiple strategies and actors. These processes are described in detail below. The diagnosis consists of identifying the causes of a social problem. Degrowth as an interpretative frame diagnoses that disparate social phenomena such as the social and environm ...
... space and time, and the prognosis engages multiple strategies and actors. These processes are described in detail below. The diagnosis consists of identifying the causes of a social problem. Degrowth as an interpretative frame diagnoses that disparate social phenomena such as the social and environm ...
Consolidating Democratic Governance in the SADC Region
... United States of America where he completed a masters degree in Political Science at Ohio University. He is currently pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice at the University Of Cape Town Graduate School Of Business. He commenced his career in Swaziland working with the National Dem ...
... United States of America where he completed a masters degree in Political Science at Ohio University. He is currently pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice at the University Of Cape Town Graduate School Of Business. He commenced his career in Swaziland working with the National Dem ...
Presidential Failures in South America
... Although democratic transition appears to be completed, democratic consolidation still requires more attention. That is, democratic stability cannot be automatically interpreted as governmental stability. The type of government instability that dominated the 1960s and 1970s, which led to democratic ...
... Although democratic transition appears to be completed, democratic consolidation still requires more attention. That is, democratic stability cannot be automatically interpreted as governmental stability. The type of government instability that dominated the 1960s and 1970s, which led to democratic ...
Botswana - Mitchell A. Orenstein
... economic growth in Botswana. Specifically, Botswana’s history, culture, and institutions significantly influenced Botswana’s democratic and economic development. Maundeni (2002) discusses how Botswana’s status as a British protectorate state, not as a colony, allowed for indigenous Tswana culture to ...
... economic growth in Botswana. Specifically, Botswana’s history, culture, and institutions significantly influenced Botswana’s democratic and economic development. Maundeni (2002) discusses how Botswana’s status as a British protectorate state, not as a colony, allowed for indigenous Tswana culture to ...
State interests vs citizens` preferences
... of my life here in Florence, but also for the dealing with the questions that I was – and am still – trying to address with my dissertation. The responsive-responsible dilemma – which is the main theme of this thesis – consists essentially in reconciling particular and collective interests. Co-coach ...
... of my life here in Florence, but also for the dealing with the questions that I was – and am still – trying to address with my dissertation. The responsive-responsible dilemma – which is the main theme of this thesis – consists essentially in reconciling particular and collective interests. Co-coach ...
doc - CSUSAP - Charles Sturt University
... website. These real mineral prices were then normalized to have a mean of one over the period 1960-2002. real price. ...
... website. These real mineral prices were then normalized to have a mean of one over the period 1960-2002. real price. ...
New Labour, the `Third Way` and the Sector Skills Agreement
... vacuum created by the ‘fall of Marxism’. Giddens (1998) concludes that central to the socialist vision was the fact that Socialism was committed to economic planning, and it was this commitment to economic planning that was eventually the undoing of the communist countries economies that espoused it ...
... vacuum created by the ‘fall of Marxism’. Giddens (1998) concludes that central to the socialist vision was the fact that Socialism was committed to economic planning, and it was this commitment to economic planning that was eventually the undoing of the communist countries economies that espoused it ...
128575630 - (BORA)
... Mali`s case and if Ghana is showing signs of weakness, similar to the Malian case. Much have been said and written about Africa’s failed, weak and authoritarian states. Less focus has been devoted to the success of the few democracies in the region. And when a perceived successful democracy like Mal ...
... Mali`s case and if Ghana is showing signs of weakness, similar to the Malian case. Much have been said and written about Africa’s failed, weak and authoritarian states. Less focus has been devoted to the success of the few democracies in the region. And when a perceived successful democracy like Mal ...
BTI 2016 | Uzbekistan Country Report
... “From strong state to strong civil society.” However, this de jure project has so far resulted de facto in a weak civil society. Particularly, the seeming multiparty system in Uzbekistan (four political parties and one political movement) is actually artificial; none dares to proclaim itself an oppo ...
... “From strong state to strong civil society.” However, this de jure project has so far resulted de facto in a weak civil society. Particularly, the seeming multiparty system in Uzbekistan (four political parties and one political movement) is actually artificial; none dares to proclaim itself an oppo ...
The Amplification Effect: Foreign Aid`s Impact on Political Institutions*
... This paper offers a third view of foreign aid, which sees aid as having more modest power to affect political institutions. Our hypothesis is consistent with, but distinct from, Morrison (2007, 2009), Kono and Monitola (2009), Wright (2009), Bueno de Mesquita and Smith (2010), and Nielson and Nielso ...
... This paper offers a third view of foreign aid, which sees aid as having more modest power to affect political institutions. Our hypothesis is consistent with, but distinct from, Morrison (2007, 2009), Kono and Monitola (2009), Wright (2009), Bueno de Mesquita and Smith (2010), and Nielson and Nielso ...
Measuring the Relationship between Freedom and Prosperity
... defined simply as a rule of law that recognizes certain individual rights or freedoms from government control.”1 According to liberalism then, freedom is not anarchy, but a system of laws that governs all citizens and protects their individual rights. In order to facilitate the dispersal of what pow ...
... defined simply as a rule of law that recognizes certain individual rights or freedoms from government control.”1 According to liberalism then, freedom is not anarchy, but a system of laws that governs all citizens and protects their individual rights. In order to facilitate the dispersal of what pow ...
Title: Why Foreign Aid may be More Effective at Promoting Economic
... foreign aid can act as financial incentive for recipient governments to engage in politically costly, but growth enhancing, economic reform. Indeed, if reform is the primary causal mechanism through which foreign aid promotes economic growth, then aid could be positively related to growth even when ...
... foreign aid can act as financial incentive for recipient governments to engage in politically costly, but growth enhancing, economic reform. Indeed, if reform is the primary causal mechanism through which foreign aid promotes economic growth, then aid could be positively related to growth even when ...
From Apartheid to Neoliberalism
... liberalization, tight monetary policies and low inflation. The MERG report was forgotten, and the ideas of NEM became a model for the Post-Apartheid government‘s economic development. In 1994, South Africa did find itself at a crossroads. It could either engage the global economy on its own terms, a ...
... liberalization, tight monetary policies and low inflation. The MERG report was forgotten, and the ideas of NEM became a model for the Post-Apartheid government‘s economic development. In 1994, South Africa did find itself at a crossroads. It could either engage the global economy on its own terms, a ...
Chapter 02 National Differences in Political Economy
... A. is a form of government in which one person or political party exercises absolute control over all spheres of human life. B. refers to a political system in which government is by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. C. is based on a belief that citizens shoul ...
... A. is a form of government in which one person or political party exercises absolute control over all spheres of human life. B. refers to a political system in which government is by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. C. is based on a belief that citizens shoul ...
Report - University of Pittsburgh
... ¾ This study attempts to determine the impact of U.S. democracy assistance on democracy building world-wide. Unlike all prior published research, the data set is based upon an exhaustive survey of the entire democracy portfolio of the United States Agency for International Development. Moreover, we ...
... ¾ This study attempts to determine the impact of U.S. democracy assistance on democracy building world-wide. Unlike all prior published research, the data set is based upon an exhaustive survey of the entire democracy portfolio of the United States Agency for International Development. Moreover, we ...
The ensuring council
... help shape social, economic and environmental wellbeing of their local areas. Local brokers – They do not stand in opposition to public stewards as they endorse the strategic value of in-house services where this is as good as if not better than alternative modes of service delivery. However, local ...
... help shape social, economic and environmental wellbeing of their local areas. Local brokers – They do not stand in opposition to public stewards as they endorse the strategic value of in-house services where this is as good as if not better than alternative modes of service delivery. However, local ...
The curse of aid
... A recent empirical literature has investigated the role of institutions on development. Mauro (1995, 1998), Knack and Keefer (1999), Hall and Jones (1999), Acemoglu et al. (2001, 2002), Easterly and Levine (2003), Dollar and Kraay (2003) and Rodrick (2004), among others, show a positive relationship ...
... A recent empirical literature has investigated the role of institutions on development. Mauro (1995, 1998), Knack and Keefer (1999), Hall and Jones (1999), Acemoglu et al. (2001, 2002), Easterly and Levine (2003), Dollar and Kraay (2003) and Rodrick (2004), among others, show a positive relationship ...
international-business-8th-edition-charles-hill-test-bank
... A. is a form of government in which one person or political party exercises absolute control over all spheres of human life. B. refers to a political system in which government is by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. C. is based on a belief that citizens shoul ...
... A. is a form of government in which one person or political party exercises absolute control over all spheres of human life. B. refers to a political system in which government is by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. C. is based on a belief that citizens shoul ...
The Effect of Inequality, Democracy, and Economic
... original change of either white prejudice or Negro oppression could set a di¤erent future trajectory that spirals either upward or downward. North (1990) wrote, "What makes for e¢ cient markets? If poor countries are poor because they are the victims of an institutional structure that prevents growt ...
... original change of either white prejudice or Negro oppression could set a di¤erent future trajectory that spirals either upward or downward. North (1990) wrote, "What makes for e¢ cient markets? If poor countries are poor because they are the victims of an institutional structure that prevents growt ...
human needs hierarchy and happiness
... ABSTRACT The paper attempts to tackle the paradox of happiness, that substantial increases in real per capita income do not correspond to equivalent increases of individual happiness, by drawing from the history of economic thought. It argues that the idea of hierarchical preferences can be an alter ...
... ABSTRACT The paper attempts to tackle the paradox of happiness, that substantial increases in real per capita income do not correspond to equivalent increases of individual happiness, by drawing from the history of economic thought. It argues that the idea of hierarchical preferences can be an alter ...
Foreign Direct Investment and Civil Liberties: a new perspective
... Even though higher civil and political liberties of course imply better democratic institutions, there is no reason to expect that these two liberties affect the investment motives of the MNEs alike. Civil liberties refer to the workplace environment and the organization rights of the workers and to ...
... Even though higher civil and political liberties of course imply better democratic institutions, there is no reason to expect that these two liberties affect the investment motives of the MNEs alike. Civil liberties refer to the workplace environment and the organization rights of the workers and to ...
Paper Title:
... Basically, economic demand is basic needs for people living in the society that is highly involved with the market functioning. As often noted, the state-market relation will affect the degree and type of economic development, from the state-centered to market-conformed development policy mode. The ...
... Basically, economic demand is basic needs for people living in the society that is highly involved with the market functioning. As often noted, the state-market relation will affect the degree and type of economic development, from the state-centered to market-conformed development policy mode. The ...
endogenous preferences and embeddedness - dinamia`cet-iul
... (1998), we understand the still highly neglected idea in economic theory that individual preferences, that is, reasons for behaviour or attributes of individuals that (along with their beliefs and capacities) account for the actions they take in a given situation (Bowles, 1998: 78), are at least par ...
... (1998), we understand the still highly neglected idea in economic theory that individual preferences, that is, reasons for behaviour or attributes of individuals that (along with their beliefs and capacities) account for the actions they take in a given situation (Bowles, 1998: 78), are at least par ...
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... Other studies have considered the relation between democracy and public policies, and, in particular, between democracy and redistribution. According to Acemoglu and Robinson (2006) and Boix (2003), democracy would lead to redistribution from the rich (the elites) to the poor (the citizens). This r ...
... Other studies have considered the relation between democracy and public policies, and, in particular, between democracy and redistribution. According to Acemoglu and Robinson (2006) and Boix (2003), democracy would lead to redistribution from the rich (the elites) to the poor (the citizens). This r ...
Role of the State in Developing Countries: Public Choice versus
... very famous works of public choice theorists. The second work was Arrow's Social Choice and Individual Values (1951/1963). Since our main theme is to discuss the role of the state in developing countries, it is essential to present briefly a short view on Schumpeter's and Arrow's arguments to exhibi ...
... very famous works of public choice theorists. The second work was Arrow's Social Choice and Individual Values (1951/1963). Since our main theme is to discuss the role of the state in developing countries, it is essential to present briefly a short view on Schumpeter's and Arrow's arguments to exhibi ...