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Globalization and the politics of development in the Middle East
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ISBN: 9780521737449 0521737443 9780521519397 052151939X 9780511778162 1107207177 0511852509 9786612917431 0511931301 0511932650 0511929978 0511924925 0511778163 1282917439 0511927460 9780511927461 9780511932656 9781107207172 9780511852503 9781282917439 6612917431 9780511931307 9780511924927 9780511929977 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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In this 2010 edition of their book on the economic development of the Middle East and North Africa, Clement Henry and Robert Springborg reflect on what has happened to the region's economy since 2001. How have the various countries in the Middle East responded to the challenges of globalization and to the rise of political Islam, and what changes, for better or for worse, have occurred? Utilizing the country categories they applied in the previous book and further elaborating the significance of the structural power of capital and Islamic finance, they demonstrate how over the past decade the monarchies (as exemplified by Jordan, Morocco and those of the Gulf Cooperation Council) and the conditional democracies (Israel, Turkey and Lebanon) continue to do better than the military dictatorships or 'bullies' (Egypt, Tunisia and now Iran) and 'the bunker states' (Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen).


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Electoral systems and the balance of consumer-producer power
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ISBN: 9780521192651 9780521138154 9780511761423 9780511860744 0511860749 0511761422 052119265X 0521138159 0511861591 1107214076 1282948164 9786612948169 0511859872 0511858132 0511857268 0511859007 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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This book investigates the effects of electoral systems on the relative legislative and, hence, regulatory influence of competing interests in society. Building on Ronald Rogowski and Mark Andreas Kayser's extension of the classic Stigler-Peltzman model of regulation, the authors demonstrate that majoritarian electoral arrangements should empower consumers relative to producers. Employing real price levels as a proxy for consumer power, the book rigorously establishes this proposition over time, within the OECD, and across a large sample of developing countries. Majoritarian electoral arrangements depress real prices by approximately ten percent, all else equal. The authors carefully construct and test their argument and broaden it to consider the overall welfare effects of electoral system design and the incentives of actors in the choice of electoral institutions.

Public choice II
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ISBN: 0521379520 0521370833 9780521379526 9780521370837 Year: 1989 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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Building states and markets after communism : the perils of polarized democracy
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ISBN: 9780511789427 0511789424 9780511779718 0511779712 9780521767736 9780521734622 0521767733 0521734622 1107209137 9781107209138 0511785682 9780511785689 9786612724992 6612724994 1282724991 9781282724990 0511786824 9780511786822 0511787960 9780511787966 051178869X Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press,

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Does democracy promote the creation of market economies and robust state institutions? Do state-building and market-building go hand in hand? Or do they work at cross-purposes? This book examines the relationship between state-building and market-building in 25 post-communist countries from 1990 to 2004. Based on cross-national statistical analyses, surveys of business managers, and case studies from Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Uzbekistan, Timothy Frye demonstrates that democracy is associated with more economic reform, stronger state institutions, and higher social transfers when political polarization is low. But he also finds that increases in political polarization dampen the positive impact of democracy by making policy less predictable. He traces the roots of political polarization to high levels of income inequality and the institutional legacy of communist rule. By identifying when and how democracy fosters markets and states, this work contributes to long-standing debates in comparative politics, public policy, and post-communist studies.

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy
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ISBN: 9780521855266 0521855268 9780521671422 9780511510809 0511140819 9780511140815 0511140045 9780511140044 0511510802 0511140207 9780511140204 1280330724 9781280330728 0511139098 9780511139093 0521671426 9780511138294 0511138296 1107155304 9781107155305 1107713889 9781107713888 0511322755 9780511322754 Year: 2005 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

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Democracy --- Democratization --- Equality --- Political culture --- Dictatorship --- Comparative government --- Economic aspects --- 321.6 --- Niet-democratische staatsvormen. Antidemokratie. Dictatuur. Totalitarisme--(politieke stelsels) --- 321.6 Niet-democratische staatsvormen. Antidemokratie. Dictatuur. Totalitarisme--(politieke stelsels) --- #SBIB:17H3 --- #SBIB:324H20 --- #SBIB:324H71 --- 321.60 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 321.7 --- 338 <09> --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- Economische geschiedenis --- 321.7 Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels) --- Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels) --- Culture --- Political science --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Sociology --- Liberty --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- New democracies --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Politieke wijsbegeerte --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development --- Regeringsstelsels en -methodes: algemeenheden --- Economic order --- International economic relations --- Political systems --- Comparative government. --- Democratization. --- Dictatorship. --- Equality. --- Political culture. --- Economic aspects. --- Démocratie --- Démocratisation --- Egalité (Sociologie) --- Culture politique --- Dictature --- Institutions politiques comparées --- Aspect économique --- 321 --- 330.342 --- 339.9 --- Politieke systemen --- Economische orde --- Internationale economische betrekkingen --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Democracy - Economic aspects

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