Democracy and State Capacity: Complements or Substitutes?

2015/01/14 by Jonathan K. Hanson · 120 citations
Social Sciences · #Algorithm #Computer science #Democracy #Development economics #Economics #Empirical evidence #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #International Development and Aid #Law #Liberal democracy #Local Government Finance and Decentralization #Market economy #Period (music) #Political science #Politics #Social Welfare #State (computer science) #Welfare #Welfare state

paper · doi:10.1007/s12116-014-9173-z

published in Studies in Comparative International Development 50(3), 304-330 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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