The classical ideal of the leader -- Plato -- Thomas Aquinas -- Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories -- The classical ideal in republics -- Aristotle -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- James Harrington -- The implicit theories of the classical republicans -- Toward a new implicit theory and a new...

The classical ideal of the leader. Plato. Thomas Aquinas. Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories -- The classical ideal in republics. Aristotle. Niccolo Machiavelli. James Harrington. The implicit theories of the classical republicans : toward a new implicit theory and a new fiction -- A...

This study investigates the impact of Left political institutions on a nation's amount of poverty. Specifically, the analysis tests three possible causal relationships: whether Left political institutions affect poverty separately from the welfare state, channeled through the welfare state, or...

Following the collapse of the socialist systems the countries of Middle- and Eastern Europefollowed their way to democracy and a market economy with different speed and sequencing.The related political-economy issues gave rise to an ongoing debate on the question as towhether the introduction of...