Studies In Comparative International Development articles from September 2000

Studies In Comparative International Development archives from September 2000

Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They Are and How to Acquire Them [*].(societal prerequisites for economic growth)
September 22, 2000... This article opens with a discussion of the types of institutions that allow markets to perform adequately. While we can identify in broad terms what these are, there is no unique mapping between markets and the non-market institutions that...

Federalism and Low-Maintenance Constituencies: Territorial Dimensions of Economic Reform in Argentina.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... How does the territorial distribution of political and economic resources within national polities influence politics and policy making? This article examines the electoral dynamics of market reform in Argentina between 1989 and 1995. It...

Categorically Wrong? Nominal versus Graded Measures of Ethnic Identity.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Ethnic identity is a fundamental concept for understanding the dynamics of contemporary political change, but there has been very little exploration of how to measure ethnic identity and even less discussion of the implications of these...

Women's Suffrage in the Measurement of Democracy: Problems of Operationalization [*].(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... Although definitions of democracy commonly include all adults, measures of democracy often fail to include women. In this article, I demonstrate that this incorrect operationalization can affect: (1) our measurement of transition dates to...

THEORY-DRIVEN COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: DEAD ON THE GURNEY OR LOST IN THE SHUFFLE?(Review)
September 22, 2000... Challenging the State: Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa. By Merilee S. Grindle. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Democracy Within Reason: Technocratic Revolution in Mexico. By Miguel Angel Centeno. University...

Macrohistory.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Macrohistory. Essays in Sociology of the Long Run. By Randall Collins. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. 312 pages. Randall Collins intends through this collection of essays to demonstrate the progress made in macrohistorical...

State Building and Late Development.(Review)
September 22, 2000... State Building and Late Development. By David Waldner. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999. x + 246 pages. One key issue in the debate on the role of the state in economic development is whether the nature of the state is something...

Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation. By Larry Diamond. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Larry Diamond has written the most complete synthesis to date of the mainstream comparative politics of democracy in developing...