Isbn: 9781108420723 - information, democracy, and autocracy: economic transparency and political (in)stability (13 resultados)

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Advocates for economic development often call for greater transparency. But what does transparency really mean What are its consequences This breakthrough book demonstrates how information impacts major political phenomena, including mass protest, the survival of dictatorships, democratic stability, as well as economic performance. The book introduces a new measure of a specific facet of transparency: the dissemination of economic data. Analysis shows that democracies make economic data more available than do similarly developed autocracies. Transparency attracts investment and makes democracies more resilient to breakdown. But transparency has a dubious consequence under autocracy: political instability. Mass-unrest becomes more likely, and transparency can facilitate democratic transition - but most often a new despotic regime displaces the old. Autocratic leaders may also turn these threats to their advantage, using the risk of mass-unrest that transparency portends to unify the ruling elite. Policy-makers must recognize the trade-offs transparency entails. …

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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Advocates for economic development often call for greater transparency. But what does transparency really mean? What are its consequences? This breakthrough book demonstrates how information impacts major political phenomena, including mass protest, the survival of dictatorships, democratic stability, as well as economic performance. The book introduces a new measure of a specific facet of transparency: the dissemination of economic data. Analysis shows that democracies make economic data more available than do similarly developed autocracies. Transparency attracts investment and makes democracies more resilient to breakdown. But transparency has a dubious consequence under autocracy: political instability. Mass-unrest becomes more likely, and transparency can facilitate democratic transition - but most often a new despotic regime displaces the old. Autocratic leaders may also turn these threats to their advantage, using the risk of mass-unrest that transparency portends to unify the ruling elite. Policy-makers must recognize the trade-offs transparency entails. Increasing economic transparency benefits democracy: it helps elections work. Yet under autocracy, transparency contributes to political instability. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Gebunden. Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Increasing economic transparency benefits democracy: it helps elections work. Yet under autocracy, transparency contributes to political instability.&Uumlber den AutorJames R. Hollyer is a Benjamin Evans Lippincott Associate Profess. …

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Information, Democracy, and Autocracy | James R. Hollyer (u. a.) | Buch | Englisch | 2018 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9781108420723 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…