Format:
1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:
9781139554565
Content:
This book argues that both liberal democracy and state capacity need strengthening to deliver effective development.
Content:
Cover -- Making Democratic Governance Work: How Rigmes Shape Prosperity, Welfare, and Peace -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Does Democratic Governance Determine Human Security? -- THE UNIFIED THEORY OF DEMOCRACY + GOVERNANCE -- The Lessons of Regime Change for Human Development -- THE CASE OF KOREA -- Plan of the Book -- I. Introduction -- II. Comparing Regimes -- III. Regime Effects -- IV. Conclusions -- 2 Theories of Regime Effects -- THE DEBATE ABOUT REGIME EFFECTS -- Structural Perspectives -- THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTION -- Electoral Incentives and Median Voter Theory: Meltzer and Richard -- The Institutional Constraints of Liberal Democracy: Sen -- Consensus or Power-Sharing Democracy: Lijphart -- OR STATE-BUILDING FIRST? -- State-Building: The Huntington Thesis -- "Good Governance" for Human Development: The World Bank Thesis -- Bureaucratic Capacity -- THE COMBINATION OF DEMOCRACY + GOVERNANCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- PART II COMPARING REGIMES -- 3 The Regime Typology -- THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE -- Measuring State Capacity -- THE CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT OF DEMOCRACY -- Freedom House: Liberal Democracy -- Polity IV: Democracy-Autocracy Scale -- APPLYING THE REGIME TYPOLOGY -- Bureaucratic Democracies: Chile -- Patronage Democracies: Ghana -- Patronage Autocracies: Somalia -- Bureaucratic Autocracies: Singapore -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Analyzing Regime Effects -- THE CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT OF HUMAN SECURITY -- MONITORING THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE -- Progress in Human Security -- The Third Wave of Democratization -- Selecting Outcome Indices -- RESEARCH CHALLENGES -- Case Studies -- Global Comparisons -- OLS Regression Models with Panel-Corrected Standard Errors -- Before and after Fixed Effects -- Instrumental Variables -- Country Selection Bias.
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Cover; Making Democratic Governance Work: How Rigmes Shape Prosperity, Welfare, and Peace; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1 Does Democratic Governance Determine Human Security?; THE UNIFIED THEORY OF DEMOCRACY + GOVERNANCE; The Lessons of Regime Change for Human Development; THE CASE OF KOREA; Plan of the Book; I. Introduction; II. Comparing Regimes; III. Regime Effects; IV. Conclusions; 2 Theories of Regime Effects; THE DEBATE ABOUT REGIME EFFECTS; Structural Perspectives; THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTION
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Electoral Incentives and Median Voter Theory: Meltzer and RichardThe Institutional Constraints of Liberal Democracy: Sen; Consensus or Power-Sharing Democracy: Lijphart; OR STATE-BUILDING FIRST?; State-Building: The Huntington Thesis; "Good Governance" for Human Development: The World Bank Thesis; Bureaucratic Capacity; THE COMBINATION OF DEMOCRACY + GOVERNANCE; CONCLUSIONS; PART II COMPARING REGIMES; 3 The Regime Typology; THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE; Measuring State Capacity; THE CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT OF DEMOCRACY; Freedom House: Liberal Democracy; Polity IV: Democracy-Autocracy Scale
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APPLYING THE REGIME TYPOLOGYBureaucratic Democracies: Chile; Patronage Democracies: Ghana; Patronage Autocracies: Somalia; Bureaucratic Autocracies: Singapore; CONCLUSIONS; 4 Analyzing Regime Effects; THE CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT OF HUMAN SECURITY; MONITORING THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE; Progress in Human Security; The Third Wave of Democratization; Selecting Outcome Indices; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; Case Studies; Global Comparisons; OLS Regression Models with Panel-Corrected Standard Errors; Before and after Fixed Effects; Instrumental Variables; Country Selection Bias
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Omitted Variable Bias and ControlsPART III REGIME EFFECTS; 5 Prosperity; I. THEORIES LINKING REGIMES WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH; The Skeptical Null Hypothesis; The Effects of Governance on Growth; Neoliberal Claims for "Good Governance"; The Effects of State Capacity on Growth; The Effects of Democracy on Growth; Accountability: Elections Reward Competent Economic Management; Do Democracies Strengthen Human Capital with Indirect Effects on Growth?; Do Power-Sharing Democracies Promote Growth?; The Unified Theory and Democratic Governance; II. CHALLENGES IN RESEARCH DESIGN
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III. THE MAIN EFFECTS OF REGIMES ON GROWTHDemocratic Governance and Growth; Divergent Trajectories: Haiti and the Dominican Republic; The Dominican Republic; Haiti; IV. CONCLUSIONS; 6 Welfare; I. THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE, AND WELFARE; Democracy and Welfare; Or State-Building, Good Governance, and Public Administration?; Or the Skeptical Null Hypothesis?; II. EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH DESIGN; The Human Development Index; Longevity; Child Mortality; Health: Vulnerability to Fatal Diseases; Gender Parity in Education; Access to Education; III. REGIMES AND DEVELOPMENT
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IV. COMPARING BOTSWANA AND ZAMBIA
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107016996
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107016996
Language:
English
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