The determinants of democracy: a sensitivity analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-019-00742-z
Abstract: Numerous studies—operating with diverse model specifications, samples and empirical measures—suggest different economic, social, cultural, demographic, institutional and international determinants of democracy. We distinguish between democratization and democratic survival and test the sensitivities of 67 proposed… read more here.
Keywords: sensitivity analysis; democratization; democracy; determinants democracy ... See more keywords
Nicaragua: De-democratization and Regime Crisis
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DOI: 10.1017/lap.2019.64
Abstract: ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to analyze three key issues in current Nicaraguan politics and in the political debate surrounding hybrid regimes: de-democratization, political protest, and the fall of presidencies. First, it analyzes… read more here.
Keywords: nicaragua democratization; democratization regime; regime crisis; regime ... See more keywords
A Social History of Parastatal Employees in Southern Benin, 1989–1990: Contesting Decline and Unemployment During “Africa’s Second Democratization”
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DOI: 10.1017/s0147547919000267
Abstract: Abstract The huge parastatal sectors in postcolonial African societies interested sociologists in the 1970s and 1980s, but have never found a historical discussion – and the experience of change towards the democratization (eventually) has not… read more here.
Keywords: benin; unemployment; democratization; history ... See more keywords
Response to Laurence Whitehead and Jacqueline Behrend’s review of Paths Out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America’s Deep South, 1944–72
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718000853
Abstract: This volume joins a burgeoning subnational turn in the study of comparative politics. This trend began in the 1990s with Guillermo O’Donnell’s work on the territorial unevenness of democracy amidst the third wave of democratization.… read more here.
Keywords: volume; jacqueline behrend; laurence whitehead; democratization ... See more keywords
Dynamics of democratization and nationalization: the significance of women’s suffrage and women’s political participation in parliament in the Second Polish Republic
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DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2017.1370701
Abstract: This paper will examine processes of democratization and “nationalization” with specific reference to the Second Polish Republic (II Rzeczpospolita) and the interwar period. Starting from a consideration of broader theoretical concepts concerning transformation processes and… read more here.
Keywords: polish republic; women suffrage; second polish; democratization nationalization ... See more keywords
Democratization and museum policy in South Korea
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DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2018.1557650
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines the two distinct historical policy paths taken by the South Korean government in the late twentieth century towards the democratization of museums. One was based on the creation of a museological… read more here.
Keywords: policy; public sphere; democratization museum; museum policy ... See more keywords
Democracy and the demographic transition
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2016.1194396
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article addresses the role of demographic factors in contributing to the emergence of democracy. It maintains that, other things being equal, progress in the demographic transition promotes democratization. The argument is developed with… read more here.
Keywords: demographic transition; democratization; democracy demographic; democracy ... See more keywords
Presidential power and democratization by elections in Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2017.1419188
Abstract: ABSTRACT Do elections in and of themselves provide mechanisms for democratization? The “democratization by elections” thesis has been challenged, yet scholars still differ over its substantive effect. Some of the disagreement is over the specific… read more here.
Keywords: elections africa; power democratization; presidential power; democratization ... See more keywords
Early democratization, corruption scandals and perceptions of corruption: evidence from Mexico
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2020.1819246
Abstract: ABSTRACT The most accepted theory of the relationship between democratization and perceptions of corruption is the curvilinear theory. The theory states that in early democratization corruption increases, then it reaches a ceiling, and finally it… read more here.
Keywords: early democratization; corruption scandals; corruption; perceptions corruption ... See more keywords
From democratization to fostering resilience: EU intervention and the challenges of building institutions, social trust, and legitimacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2021.1900120
Abstract: ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, the European Union (EU) has provided assistance and is unequivocally committed to the European perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The EU strategy has evolved from a top-down approach… read more here.
Keywords: institutions social; social trust; bosnia herzegovina; resilience ... See more keywords
22. Post-Soviet Eurasia
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DOI: 10.1093/hepl/9780198732280.003.0022
Abstract: This chapter examines the democratic revolutions that occurred in post-Soviet Eurasia since 1989. It first considers the beginning of the decline of communism and the failed attempts to reform communist one-party states from 1970 to… read more here.
Keywords: democratization; stage; soviet eurasia; post soviet ... See more keywords