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  1. Enfranchisement and representation
    evidence from the introduction of quasi-universal suffrage in Italy
    Author: Larcinese, Valentino
    Published: [2014]
    Publisher:  IGIER, Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    Edition: This version: March, 2014
    Series: Working paper series / IGIER ; n. 512
    Subjects: democratization; voting; electoral competition; inequality; swing districts; political violence; Vatican; socialism
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 58 Seiten), Illustrationen
  2. Informal interference in the judiciary in new democracies
    a comparison of six African and Latin American cases
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  GIGA, Hamburg

    This paper assesses the extent to which elected power holders informally intervene in the judiciaries of new democracies, an acknowledged but under-researched topic in studies of judicial politics. The paper first develops an empirical strategy for... more

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    This paper assesses the extent to which elected power holders informally intervene in the judiciaries of new democracies, an acknowledged but under-researched topic in studies of judicial politics. The paper first develops an empirical strategy for the study of informal interference based on perceptions recorded in interviews, then applies the strategy to six third-wave democracies, three in Africa (Benin, Madagascar and Senegal) and three in Latin America (Argentina, Chile and Paraguay). It also examines how three conditioning factors affect the level of informal judicial interference: formal rules, previous democratic experience, and socioeconomic development. Our results show that countries with better performance in all these conditioning factors exhibit less informal interference than countries with poorer or mixed performance. The results stress the importance of systematically including informal politics in the study of judicial politics.

     
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    Series: GIGA working papers ; 245
    Subjects: judicial politics; constitutional court; supreme court; Latin America; Francophone Africa; democratization; separation of powers; informal politics
    Scope: Online-Ressource (25 S.), graph. Darst.
  3. A democratic rentier state?
    taxation, aid dependency, and political representation in Benin
    Author: Piccolino, Giulia
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  GIGA, Hamburg

    Drawing on the history of statebuilding in Western Europe, fiscal sociology has proposed the existence of a mutually reinforcing effect between the emergence of representative government and effective taxation. This paper looks at the case of Benin,... more

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    Drawing on the history of statebuilding in Western Europe, fiscal sociology has proposed the existence of a mutually reinforcing effect between the emergence of representative government and effective taxation. This paper looks at the case of Benin, a low-income West African country that underwent a fairly successful democratization process in the early 1990s. It finds, in contrast to previous studies that have emphasized dependency on aid rents, that Benin appears to have reinforced its extractive capacities since democratization. However, the effect of democratization has been largely indirect, while other factors, such as the influence of the International financial Institutions (IFIs) and the size of the country's informal sector, have played a more direct role in encouraging or inhibiting tax extraction. Nevertheless, the hypothesis that effective taxation depends on a quasiconsensual relationship between government and taxpayers finds some confirmation in the Beninese case.

     
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    Series: GIGA working papers ; 253
    Subjects: Benin; taxation; rentier state; fiscal sociology; statebuilding; democracy; democratization
    Scope: Online-Ressource (26 S.)
  4. Does the African middle class defend democracy?
    evidence from Kenya
    Author: Cheeseman, Nic
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  WIDER, Helsinki

    Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation? This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the... more

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    Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation? This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the attitudes and behaviours of the middle class. Analysis of Afrobarometer survey data reveals that the middle class is more likely to support the opposition and hold pro-democratic attitudes. This suggests Moore's claim holds, at least for some African countries, and that contemporary demographic changes will improve the prospects for democratic consolidation. However, qualitative evidence from the Kenyan 2013 general election raises important questions about the resilience of these attitudes. The middle class may be more inclined to democratic attitudes than their less well-off counterparts, but class continues to intersect with ethnicity and its political salience is likely to wax and wane as a result.

     
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    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10419/102988
    Series: Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research ; 2014/096
    Subjects: middle class; democracy; elections; democratization; Kenya; Africa
    Scope: Online-Ressource (16 S.)
  5. The impact of democracy on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, 1982 - 2012
    Author: Masaki, Takaaki; Van de Walle, Nicolas
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  WIDER, Helsinki

    Does democracy promote economic growth? There is still an ongoing debate over the economic implications of democracy, and this question has gained critical importance particularly in the African context, where a wave of democratization in the early... more

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    Does democracy promote economic growth? There is still an ongoing debate over the economic implications of democracy, and this question has gained critical importance particularly in the African context, where a wave of democratization in the early 1990s coincided with the start of a new era of rapid economic growth. In this paper, we revisit this important topic and argue that the existing literature is inadequate in distinguishing the effects of regime transitions and democratic consolidation on economic growth. Through the analysis of the latest economic and political data, which include up to 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period of 1982-2012, we find strong evidence that democracy is positively associated with economic growth, and that this ‘democratic advantage’ is more pronounced for those African countries that have remained democratic for longer periods of time. Our findings call for more nuanced studies that carefully distinguish potentially divergent effects of regime transitions and democratic consolidation on economic growth.

     
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    hdl: 10419/96313
    Series: Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research ; 2014/057
    Subjects: economic growth; democracy; democratization
    Scope: Online-Ressource (14 S.)
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