"Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance are widely advocated as intrinsically...

Camilo Herrera (1975-), sociólogo y economista colombiano; director fundador del Centro de Estudios Culturales para el Desarrollo Político, Económico y Social, en Bogotá. Ronald Inglehart (1934-), profesor estadounidense de Ciencias Políticas y Director del Instituto de Investigación...

Camilo Herrera (1975-), Colombian sociologist and economist, founding director of the Center for Cultural Studies for Political, Economic and Social Development in Bogotá. Ronald Inglehart (1934-), North American political scientist, Director of Institute for Social Research at University of...

International research laboratories represent a relatively new form for Russia of organizing the scientific community. They aim to attract leading international scientists as well as young scholars and thus to help increase national research capabilities. This paper analyses the efficiency of...