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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"New democracies."”.
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Economic voting in new democracies
This study investigates economic voting in 70 new democracies that have experienced regime transition since 1974. By incorporating the analysis of elections in virtually all new democracies, this study shows how electorates react to changes in economic conditions under various socio-economic, …
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New democracies and multilateral agreements: Exploring the effects of regime legitimacy on international behavior
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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The institutional determinants of property regime change in new democracies: the Russian Federation, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia
Is there a relationship between the design of democratic institutions and optimal collective decisions? Optimum decisions are defined as achieving goals important to the transition such as deep and equitable property reforms. Democratic institutions refer to first-order institutions of governance …
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Thinking outside the box: Extra-parliamentary strategies and their effects on the development of good governance in new democracies
… to those used in Westminster and other Western democracies, and those the choice to pursue extra-parliamentary opposition tactics is ultimately anti-democratic. In particular, there is a popular consensus that opposition participation in boycotts prevents the development of democracy. This …
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Peace and conflict resolution activities in support of strengthening civil society's democratic capacity in South Korea. Case studies on three civil society organisations working on peace and conflict resolution in South Korea.
… approach to social conflicts, was introduced to new democracies in an attempt to develop civil society¿s capacity for conflict management (Mayer, 2000). Conflict resolution provides people with an opportunity to advocate effectively for their own interests in a non-violent, constructive manner …
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#Democracy: The Internet And Support For Democracy In Central And Eastern Europe
… providing a base for regime stability in these new democracies, there is considerable debate in what influences these values. One possible mechanism of attitude change is mass media. Previous studies in political science have noted the importance of mass media in influencing citizen attitudes …
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Democratization and police reform
… structures and police reforms in established democracies as possible role models for new democracies. Chapter 4 looks at international and transnational actors that actively try to influence police reform. After having examined these external factors, three cases of police reform in new …
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Truth Commissions: Did the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission serve the purpose for which it was established?
… around the world have been replaced by new democracies. These old dictatorships were notorious for their human rights abuses. Many people were killed and tortured; and many others were disappeared. When the new governments came into power, they had to confront these injustices that were …
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Transitions from military rule in South America: the obligational legitimacy hypothesis
… decision to leave power. This perspective offers new insights for analysis of transitions, future transitions, and United States foreign policy options regarding military regimes, regimes in transition, and the new democracies of South America.
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Freedom of expression under apartheid
… One way of assessing the “solidity” of these new democracies is to look at their provisions on freedom of expression, one of the most precious and fragile rights of man. The right to freedom of expression was recognised by classical traditional liberal theory as from the eighteenth century. It …
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THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF EAST EUROPEAN TRANSFORMATION: THE CASE OF HUNGARY
… the "Great Collapse” and the formation of new democracies in the region under examination. The basic period of the study is from 1987 to 1997. However, the author’s investigation originally covered a twenty-five year span from the mid of 197O’s up till the end of the 199O’s. The Thesis …
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Running from the Periphery: An Exploratory Analysis of Women Presidential Candidates in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Utility of Minor Parties
… how women are incorporated into the politics of new democracies.
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Why Go Democratic? Civil Service Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
… the post-communist Central and Eastern European democracies. While these new democracies underwent a process of civil service reform with the goal of increasing the level of bureaucratic professionalism and efficiency, civil service performance varies greatly in the region. Motivated by this …
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Analysis of the role and effectiveness of the Public Protector in fighting corruption : a case study of Tshwane Municipality in Gauteng Province, South Africa
… one of the most important challenges facing new democracies like South Africa. Consequently, South Africa has instituted a number of anti-corruption machinery to fight this scourge. However, as the anti-corruption machinery and strategies intensified in South Africa, the level of corruption …
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Judicial Independence of State Administrative Courts in Mexico
… courts not only in Mexico but in other new democracies and identify new avenues for research.
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Elected legislatures in sub-saharan Africa: Attitudes of citizens from 18 countries towards legislatures, with a particular focus on Mozambique, its assembly and parliamentarians
… perceived as core institutions of representative democracies. This dissertation seeks to contribute to a better understanding of African multiparty parliaments and their role in consolidating democracy. The study seeks to comprehend the links between citizens and their elected parliaments in 18 …
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Strategies of exclusion in non-timber forest product commercialisation in South Africa: an ethnographic study of honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) use and trade
… and economies in postcolonial and new democracies like South Africa inhibit benefits from NTFPs. The thesis further demonstrates how a reliance on the structural and relational mechanisms of access without secure property rights threatens the ability of marginalised actors to …
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Marketisation and professionalisation of campaigning of political parties in the new democracy: an investigation of the structural conditions and factors that determined the development of marketization and professionalization of campaigning of the Indonesian political parties in the Post-Soeharto New Order.
… factors that determine such developments in a new democracy. The following propositions commence this study. In new democracies that are indicated by a set of conditions postulated by Strömbäck (2007: 63), Strömbäck (2010: 28-29) and Strömbäck et al. (2012: 86), political parties are likely to …
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The Blessed and the Damned: Peacemakers, Warlords, and Post Civil War Democracy
This thesis seeks to explain how democracies emerge out of the ashes of civil wars. This paper envisions transitions to democracy after a civil war largely as a function of the peace process. Democracy is thought of as a medium through which solutions to the problems and issues over which the civil …
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