Institutional effects on democratic transitions: neo-parliamentary regimes in Africa, 1989-1994
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This article examines political transitions in sub-Saharan Africa since the late 1980s, critiquing an earlier research by Michael Bratton and Nicholas van de Walle (1997) which concluded that incumbent regimes did not directly influence the success of transition, although they did shape factors such as military intervention and political protests. The author finds flaws in their statistical analysis and provides a logit analysis to correct these flaws, concluding that institutions played a more significant role in shaping events and having direct influence over political transitions.
Publication Name: Studies In Comparative International Development
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0039-3606
Year: 2001
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Localized technological change and Schumpeterian growth regimes
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Economists are becoming increasingly interested in studying growth in models where endogenous discontinuity in the rates of growth is now accepted. For this reason, it is worth looking at the possibilities for a microeconomic model which can be used to analyse the dynamics of discontinuous growth. Research in this area has used a sequence of equilibrium constructs which impinges on the concept of localized technological change. It was found that technological change is both endogenous and discontinuous, as it is a localized process based on tacit knowledge.
Publication Name: The Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0025-2034
Year: 1996
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Surveilling the city: whiteness, the black man and democratic totalitarianism
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The application and usage of surveillance technology reveals continuing racism in American society. Although its prevalence is increasing nationwide, it has penetrated further into African American society than in predominantly Caucasian areas. This emphasizes the establishment of whiteness as the social norm, with black as the aberration that requires monitoring.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1998
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