In development policy, international organizations have shifted their focus to the importance
of good governance and sound institutions. The theory behind this is that only with a high …

We review the literature on the relation between socio-economic development and political
democracy, a field that is commonly known as modernization theory. Guided by the seminal …

The growing appeal of right-wing politics around the world, in particu-lar with Donald
Trump's election, Brexit, and France's National Front successes, has confounded both …

Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses
on'democratic deficits', reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state …

The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination
since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed …

Why do officials in some countries favor entrenched contractors, while others assign public
contracts more impartially? This article emphasizes the important interplay between politics …

The Journal of Democracy began publishing in 1990 in an era of hopeful, even exhilarating,
expansion of democracy around the world. Democracy was on the march not only literally …

Since the mid-2000s, public opinion and debate in China have become increasingly
common and consequential, despite the ongoing censorship of speech and regulation of …

This article analyses the effects of political regimes over state capacity or the quality of
government (QoG): Do democratic states perform better than authoritarian ones? Previous …

In this case study of the impact of West German television on public support for the East
German communist regime, we evaluate the conventional wisdom in the democratization …