Oezsahin The International Constraints on Regime Changes

How Globalization Hinders the Prospects for Democratization
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-531-92254-6
Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten, eBook

Ersin Özsahin is researcher at the department of political science, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.

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Oezsahin, Ersin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;List of Figures;8
3;List of Tables;10
4;1 Introduction;11
4.1;1.1 The focus of this book;11
4.2;1.2 The puzzle of the directions of transitions;18
4.3;1.3 Past research;24
4.4;1.4 The theoretical synthesis;35
5;2 The economic constraints on regime changes – notes towards a coherent formalization;39
5.1;2.1 The structure of the argument;39
5.2;2.2 Preferences over institutions;46
5.3;2.3 Economic structure, sources of economic distortions, and integration into world markets;49
5.4;2.4 Summarizing the argument;57
6;3 Modeling transition;60
6.1;3.1 The focus of this chapter;60
6.2;3.2 The economy;61
6.3;3.3 The transition game;66
6.3.1;3.3.1 The basic set up;66
6.3.2;3.3.2 The sequential equilibria of the transition game;73
6.3.3;3.3.3 The comparative static;79
6.4;3.4 Implications;83
7;4 Research design;89
7.1;4.1 The Structure of this chapter;89
7.2;4.2 The operationalization of institutional alterations;89
7.3;4.3 Independent variables;97
7.4;4.4 The estimation technique: the ordered logistic regression model;110
8;5 Results;116
8.1;5.1 Measuring institutional alterations: dichotomous vs. rank ordered measures;116
8.2;5.2 Results of the ordered logistic regression model: first insights;121
8.3;5.3 The effect of integration on the prospects of democratization;132
8.4;5.4 Scrutinizing distinct regime types;144
8.5;5.5 Summarizing the findings;149
9;6 Conclusion;154
10;Appendix;162
11;References;186
11.1;Articles & Books;186
11.2;Data sources;198

The economic constraints on regime changes – notes towards a coherent formalization.- Modeling transition.- Research design.- Results.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Ersin Özsahin is researcher at the department of political science, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.