scholarly journals Political Regimes and Economic Growth

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Przeworski ◽  
Fernando Limongi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Statistical Studies ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Political Realm

Does democracy in the political realm foster or hinder economic growth? Our discussion of this question begins with a review of arguments in favor of, and against, democracy. Then we summarize statistical studies in which political regime is included among determinants of growth and identify some methodological problems entailed in such studies. The conclusion is that social scientists know surprisingly little: our guess is that political institutions do matter for growth, but thinking in terms of regimes does not seem to capture the relevant differences.

China in 2005: Hu's in Charge

Asian Survey ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Saich
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Party Control ◽  
State And Society ◽  
New Development ◽  
Social Tensions ◽  
Political Realm

China's new development strategy seeks to combine populist authoritarianism in the political realm with a shift in economic policy that focuses more on the sustainability and quality of economic growth rather than its speed. Rising social tensions have fed into tightening party control over state and society.

scholarly journals The evolution of the criminal law protection of electoral rights in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-158
Author(s):  
Heng Zhou ◽  
Guanglong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Political System ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Second Period

In comparison with other crimes, the political system has had and still has a great infl uence on the essence and legal registration of crimes against electoral rights. After the 20s of the XX century, the protection of electoral rights by criminal law in China can be divided into two periods: 1) in the conditions of the same political regime-until the end of the 80s and 2) in the conditions of different political regimes-from the end of the 80s to the present. In the fi rst period, the institution of protection of electoral rights by the criminal law of China was borrowed from Soviet Russia. In the second period after the adoption of the Criminal Code (1997), Article 256 has not yet undergone any changes. Currently, there is no incentive in China to change and improve the electoral and criminal laws.

scholarly journals Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero ◽  
Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg ◽  
Vivian Cartagena
Keyword(s):  
Voting Rights ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
External Voting ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Political Spectrum

In this article, we analyze the nexus between political regimes and external voting rights. Using a global longitudinal dataset, we report that higher levels of inclusion and contestation bring higher probabilities that a state adopts and implements emigrant enfranchisement. Taking outliers from our quantitative assessment, we then further examine two liberal democracies, Ireland and Uruguay, and two electoral autocracies, Turkey and Venezuela. These country cases reveal three mechanisms that shed light on the strategic role of political elites in explaining the relation between political regime type and emigrant enfranchisement. First, the democracies under study show us that in certain contexts with a relatively large diaspora size and in which part of the political spectrum is hesitant about the political orientation of nonresident citizens, emigrant enfranchisement is neither necessarily promulgated nor implemented. Second, the autocracies illustrate that when the diaspora favors (or is perceived to favor) the incumbency, then external voting rights are extended; otherwise, third, they are withheld or limited for nonresident citizens.

scholarly journals Status Seeking in the Steppe

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Contessi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
External Action ◽  
State Building ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Middle Power ◽  
Status Seeking ◽  
Building Project

In its 25 years of existence as an independent state, Kazakhstan has had to invent an entire foreign policy. The process was driven by multiple objectives, for a large part aimed at ensuring the success of the broader state-building project: the preservation of national sovereignty, political stability, economic growth, and taking on international responsibilities. This strategy, shaped at once by the nature of the political regime and the constraints of the regional system, was inspired by the convergence of economic, political, and geopolitical considerations. Taking stock of Kazakhstan’s external action, this article finds unexpected correspondence with the key tenets of middle power doctrine, pointing to a widely unacknowledged reading of the country’s external action.

Does the political regime favor economic growth?

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-398
Author(s):  
Jorge Guadalupe-Lanas ◽  
Jorge Cruz-Cárdenas ◽  
Patricio Arévalo-Chávez ◽  
Andrés Palacio-Fierro
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
South American ◽  
Exogenous Shock ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exogenous Shocks ◽  
Macroeconomic Fundamentals

Purpose This study aims to analyze the influence of political regime on economic growth. Design/methodology/approach The methodology was based on an inter-period comparison of the evolution of macroeconomic fundamentals in three different political regimes in Ecuador, a South American country. Findings The results showed that what determines the evolution of macroeconomic fundamentals is not the political regime that oversees it, but the size of a positive exogenous shock on the price of raw materials, which, by providing higher incomes, considerably increases the level of investment and net exports. However, the political regime does affect the distribution of income in sectors such as health and education. Originality/value As far as the authors know, this may be the first paper to explore the importance of a positive exogenous shock on a political regime for the case of primary-exporting Latin American economies, which are price takers subject to exogenous shocks.

scholarly journals THE ISSUE OF LEGITIMACY OF THE LATVIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Gunārs Ozolzīle
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Diffuse Support ◽  
Sufficient Resource

A democratic political system can be sustainable and stable only if it has society’s support that is based on legitimacy. So far, the attention of Latvian researchers has mostly been devoted to the so-called “ratings” of separate political institutions and politicians, but no attempt has been undertaken to investigate the political system as a whole through the prism of legitimacy. The aim of the present article is to explore whether there is a sufficient resource of legitimacy of the Latvian political system in order to provide stability and efficiency of the regime. The empirical basis of the research mostly consists of the results of the sociological research conducted in Latvia during the past six years (2011–2016). The data analysis of the present research is based on David Easton and Pippa Norris’ conceptual approach to the study of legitimacy of political systems. One of the conclusions that can be made is that the political system of Latvia is characterised by insufficient diffuse support, which then indicates that the political system experiences the problem of legitimacy. As there is a divided society in Latvia, both communities lack a shared national identity, which could connect the society. In addition, it can be stated that around half of the society is not satisfied with the functioning of the political regime. The analysis performed in the article allows concluding that the trust in political institutions is extremely low and the assessment of the political authority performance is highly negative.

Africa and World Economy: Prospects for Real Economic Growth

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Ann Seidman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Year 2000

Crystal ball gazing is hardly the province of social scientists. The best one can do, in attempting to assess the prospects for real economic growth by the year 2000, is to examine the contradictory trends and struggles shaping the political economy of Africa and the world today, and suggest potential alternative outcomes. Even the possibilities are obscure.What is clear is that, despite over ten years of independence for over 40 African countries, the majority of African peoples still confront the overriding problem of poverty. Living on a continent endowed with extensive mineral agricultural resources, they still suffer from among the lowest per capita incomes and the highest mortality rates in the world.

The Future of the Private Sector in an Age of Uncertainty

2019 ◽  
pp. 400-432
Author(s):  
Ishac Diwan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
The Future

The chapter is concerned with the future of state–business relations (SBRs) in the MENA region, and about the potential for private sector growth. Can the new environment of heightened popular demands and lower oil prices encourage the political regimes in place to improve their efforts at boosting economic growth, even at the political risk of tolerating a larger private sector? The chapter outlines four types of relatively successful SBRs models that have taken hold in the MENA region in the recent past, and asks if particular models can be replicated in the rest of the region. It outlines how the intensity of social movements, and the ways the state reacts to them, influences the formation of SBRs. The main conclusion is that for many regimes, there seem to be only bad options to choose from, ushering an age of dilemma with uncertain choices and prospects.

Political Regime and Perspectives of its Research in Juridical Science

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Дина Пайгина ◽  
Dina Paygina
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
The Government

The article analyzes discussion questions about the concept of a political regime and its relationship to related categories: “form of government”, “public regime” and others. Clarity in understanding will contribute to the correctness of classification of these categories, considered in theory. The article presents ideas that have influenced the understanding of political regimes. Particular attention is paid to works of ancient authors, who are still on top of their relevancy due to their flexibility, despite the fact that they were formulated many years ago. The author proposes to define a political regime as a degree of political freedom of the citizens, expressed in the established system of rights that citizens may use when exercising their freedom, as the framework within which it should be exercised, and as the degree of effectiveness of the government. The author substantiates the connection between the political regime and legislative dynamics, which serves as an illustration of the current situation as a result of the decision-making by government authorities.

Political Regimes, Economic Freedom, Institutions and Growth

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdiweli M. Ali ◽  
W. Mark Crain
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Civil Liberty ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The impact of political systems on economic growth cannot be understood solely in terms of a simple distinction between democratic and non-democratic regimes. The democratic character of the political regime may be irrelevant when economic freedom is assessed independently from political freedom and civil liberty. This paper uses newly constructed measures of economic freedom by Gwartney-Lawson-Block [1996]. The empirical results of this paper show that economic freedom contributes to economic growth irrespective of the nature of the political regime. The empirical results also indicate that the effect of democracy on economic growth is ambiguous at best. Nonetheless, democracy may have some effect on economic growth, operating indirectly through the investment channel.

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