of military dominance which undermined the civilian supremacy and affected the quality of democracy …

Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized … process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly forgotten procedure to overcome this deficit: Aleatoric Democracy based on … considered. Persons and ideas, being so far disregarded, are taken into account. Democracy becomes vivid and creative, and does …

individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …

literature on democratic breakdown: the rise and fall of Argentine democracy between 1916 and 1930. First, we demonstrate that … the allocation of political power. These findings support the view that stable democracy requires that all major groups in …

democracy to survive, it must be self-enforcing in the sense that all parties with the power to disrupt democracy – such as an … the new constitution is in place. Sustaining democracy involves the reciprocal ability to impose costs on the other group …

whether oil affects democratic institutions. We further the debate through the use of additional measures of democracy and …

through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which … makes fighting hard incentive-compatible for the citizens-soldiers. We show that a transition to democracy is more likely to …

Do foreign-educated individuals play a role in promoting democracy in their home countries? Despite the large amount of … foster democracy in their home countries. Using a unique panel dataset on foreign students starting from 1950, I show that …, indeed, foreign-educated individuals promote democracy in their home country, but only if the foreign education is acquired …