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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Non-democracies"”.
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Domestic Political Structure and Social Norms: Explaining Cooperation and Conflict Towards Regime -Based Global Governance
… structure and social norms among mature democracies and non-democracies influence their decision to cooperate or resist the impact of global governance regimes. Different countries have responded varyingly to the influence of global regimes. Some states have resisted cooperating with …
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Can You Hear Me Now: A Cross-National Analysis of Media, New ICTs, Press Freedoms and Sociopolitical Instability, Conflict, and Democracy.
… I conducted similar analyses regarding all non-democracies, looking at various types of political instability and media/ICT penetration rates. The results of this research add to democratic, freedom of expression, and political communication theories. These findings bring empirical evidence …
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Inside the red box: North Korea's post-totalitarian politcs
This dissertation proposes a radically new understanding of North Korean politics under Kim Jong Il and carefully tests this theoretical proposition. Current models describe North Korea as some form of a highly centralized state: totalitarian, personalistic, or corporatist. By contrast, I argue …
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Democratic Paradox: The Role Of Regime Type In Civil War Intervention Initiation And Success
… intervene as well as the probability of success. Democracies have unique institutions and recognized norms that do not exist in non-democratic states. I argue that these differences matter and that domestic political audiences in democracies can more effectively drive foreign policy decisions than …
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#Democracy: The Internet And Support For Democracy In Central And Eastern Europe
… 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 and …
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Essays on Institutions, Ethnic Divisions and Poverty
… scientists and economists have argued that democracies are superior to non-democracies for improving poverty outcomes because they are advantaged with institutional mechanisms such as universal suffrage and majority rule. Yet, there are numerous cases where democracy has done little to help …
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Essays on innovation, leadership, and growth
… effect of leaders on growth appears limited to non-democracies, where the death of an autocrat tends to be followed by a substantial, prolonged increase in growth.
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Africa's Unresponsive Democratization: the Relationship between Regime Type and the Quality of Life in Africa
… and policy makers alike argue that leaders of democracies should find it in their interest to provide high levels of social services due to a fear of being voted out of office. Yet, I find that Africa's newer democracies provide levels of social services strikingly similar to what the …
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Barriers to Nonviolent Resistance: Identities, Aims and State Responses to Dissent
… of this PhD thesis examines the barriers to nonviolent resistance and explains why, despite the grievances, we see uprisings in some states and not others. I argue that a lack of common ties and the existence of ethnic cleavages create additional barriers for nonviolent mass mobilization in …
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Essays in Islamic Banking, Institutional Quality, and Financial Development Outcomes
… banking presence on financial inclusion and in non-democracies, the dynamics differ. The second essay examines the constraints around access of SMEs to finance and the roles of Islamic banking and quality of institutions roles in determining access to finance obstacles. Based on firm-level data …