Donors in development cooperation increasingly emphasize the importance of public accountability in developing countries for the good functioning of democratic institutions, governance and the effectiveness of their aid. Political parties are prime actors in a democratic society that have...

The paper aims to show how the formal revolution in economics has influenced the developments of Rational Choice and Game Theory in Political Science. Our focus will be on American political scientist William H. Riker (1920-1993). We want to show how Riker used game theory and adapted it to...

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Background -- Chapter 2 Lobbying – A Public Choice Perspective -- Chapter 3 Lobbying from the Perspective of Behavioral Political Economy -- Chapter 4 Policy Failure and Lobbying -- Chapter 5 Lobbying and Macroeconomic Development -- Part II:...

China's amazing economic growth over the last three decades has dramatically increased thecountry's demand for natural resources, particularly oil. China became a net importer of oil in1993. It now ranks as the second largest consumer of oil in the world behind the United States.China's national...

Thesis (MA (Political Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2011.

Environmental policy has become increasingly important as states attempt to curb negative environmental impacts and adopt a more a sustainable economic approach that relies on alternative energies instead of fossil fuels. Many countries have adopted policies to foster the production of renewable...

Performance based budgeting reform in its latest stage continues to evolve after resurgence in popularity resulting from the Clinton Administration's National Performance Review and the international new public management (NPM) movement. Performance based budgeting is sometimes viewed with...

This thesis centers on the competitions between enterprises in the steel industry in China after the SOE (state-owned enterprises) reform, which can be viewed as a case for mass economic reforms within Chinese Leviathan. To examine the effect of the SOE reform on the distributional benefits...