This book addresses questions like: what comes first, democracy or development; is there a choice between democracy and stability; can democracy be promoted fro

Examines impact of political regimes on economic development between 1950 and 1990.

Despite three decades of preoccupation with development in Africa, the economies of most African nations are still stagnating or regressing. For most Africans,

This book is a thorough investigation into the requisites of democracy. Based on data from all 132 sovereign states of the Third World, it first establishes a s

Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship between levels of economic development and democracy, but suggests that globalization is a key variab