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Information, democracy, and autocracy : economic transparency and political (in)stability /

"Advocates for economic development often call for greater transparency. But what does transparency really mean? What are its consequences? This breakthrough book demonstrates how information impacts major political phenomena, including mass protest, the survival of dictatorships, democratic st...

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Main Authors: Hollyer, James R., 1981
Group Author: Rosendorff, B. Peter; Vreeland, James Raymond, 1971
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Political stability
Political science
Summary: "Advocates for economic development often call for greater transparency. But what does transparency really mean? What are its consequences? This breakthrough book demonstrates how information impacts major political phenomena, including mass protest, the survival of dictatorships, democratic stability, as well as economic performance. The book introduces a new measure of a specific facet of transparency: the dissemination of economic data. Analysis shows that democracies make economic data more available than do similarly developed autocracies. Transparency attracts investment and makes demo
Carrier Form: xvii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-366) and indexes.
ISBN: 9781108420723
1108420729
9781108430807
1108430805
Index Number: JC330
CLC: D0
Call Number: D0/H746
Contents: A new approach to the study of transparency -- Part I. Facets of transparency -- The content of information -- The HRV index of transparency -- Comparing measures of transparency -- Part II. Political (in)stability -- The evidence: examples and descriptive data -- The evidence: regression analyses -- Part III. Why disclose -- Transparency and investment -- Why democrats disseminate more data than the autocracies -- Why autocrats disclose -- Conclusion: Consequences of transparency.

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