Democracy and Development
Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950–1990
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Part of Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy
- Authors:
- Adam Przeworski, New York University
- Michael E. Alvarez, DePaul University, Chicago
- Jose Antonio Cheibub, Yale University, Connecticut
- Fernando Limongi, Universidade de São Paulo
- Date Published: December 2000
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521793797
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Is economic development conducive to political democracy? Does democracy foster or hinder material welfare? These two questions are examined by looking at the experience of 135 countries between 1950 and 1990. Descriptive information, statistical analyses, and historical narratives are interwoven to gain an understanding of the dynamic of political regimes and their impact on economic development and other aspects of material welfare. The findings, several most surprising, dispel any notion of a trade-off between democracy and development. Economic development does not generate democracies but democracies are much more likely to survive in wealthy societies. Political regimes have no impact on the growth of total national incomes, while political instability affects growth only in dictatorships. Per capita incomes grow faster in democracies since population increases faster under dictatorships. In general, political regimes have more of an effect on demography than on economics.
Read more- Uses state of the art econometric techniques to examine the impact of development on the dynamic of political regimes and vice versa
- Based on an exhaustive number of studies covering forty years
- Uses theories and models of political science, economics, and demography
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- Date Published: December 2000
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521793797
- length: 340 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.457kg
- contains: 10 b/w illus. 73 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Democracies and dictatorships
2. Dynamic of political regimes
3. Political regimes and economic growth
4. Political instability and economic growth
5. Political regimes and population
Conclusion.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Business and Soceity
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