Studies In Comparative International Development articles from June 2000

Studies In Comparative International Development archives from June 2000

The Cost of Discrimination in Latin America.(study of earnings)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... Indigenous and linguistic minorities are in an inferior economic and social position. The ethnic concentration of inequality is increasingly being recognized in the literature. In this review, studies from six Latin American countries that...

A Research Note on the Cost of Not Being White in Brazil.(analysis of statistics)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... This research note revisits the theme of "the cost of not being white in Brazil." Based on 1996 National Household Survey (PNAD) data, the results point out to still sizeable and significant monetary disadvantages suffered by nonwhites in the...

When States Implode: The Correlates of Africa's Civil Wars, 1950-92.(potential causes)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... This article provides a systematic analysis of the extent to which political, economic, and cultural factors are associated with civil wars in sub-Saharan African states. Drawing on a theoretical argument that associates the likelihood of...

Democratization and Bureaucratic Restructuring in Taiwan.
June 22, 2000... Taiwan has been moving toward democracy, with a dramatic transition taking place in the past decade. Critical to this transition is a restructuring of the relationship between the state bureaucracy and society. This study focuses on...

The Long Road to Civilian Supremacy over the Military: Chile 1990-1998.
June 22, 2000... This article analyzes civil-military relations in Chile, focusing on the period between 1990 and 1998. It analyzes military interests and civil-military channels. The four main cases examined in this article are situations when civilians...

Rational Choice Theory and the Comparative Method: An Emerging Synthesis?(Review)
June 22, 2000... Robert H. Bates, Avner Greif, Margaret Levi, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and Barry R. Weingast, Analytic Narratives (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998). John Bowen and Roger Petersen, eds., Critical Comparisons in Politics and...

Democracy Without Associations: Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Pradeep K. Chhibber, Democracy Without Associations: Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. 287 + xiv pp. Pradeep Chhibber's book is one of the most original works...

Democracy and its Alternatives: Understanding Post-Communist Societies.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Christian Haerpfer, Democracy and its Alternatives: Understanding Post-Communist Societies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 270 + xiv pp. The study of public opinion is fraught with...

Identity in Formation. The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Near Abroad.(Review)
June 22, 2000... David D. Laitin, identity in Formation. The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Near Abroad. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 1998. 417 pp. Quick and profound transformations bring to life realities that are hard to label...

Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950.(Review)
June 22, 2000... John Sheahan, Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. 211 pp. Sadly, the Peruvian economy's performance since the end of World War II can be...