Economic Development And Democracy: A Disaggregated Perspective, Carl Henrik Knutsen, John Gerring, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell, Matthew Maguire, Michael Coppedge, Staffan I. Lindberg
Aug 2018
Economic Development And Democracy: A Disaggregated Perspective, Carl Henrik Knutsen, John Gerring, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell, Matthew Maguire, Michael Coppedge, Staffan I. Lindberg
Matthew Maguire
In recent decades, modernization theory has been challenged. Studies have found that richer countries are more likely to maintain democratic rule, but that the initial transition to democracy is unrelated to economic development, or that even the former relationship is spurious, disappearing once country fixed-effects are accounted for. Others counter that the relationship between development and democracy is restored if historical data stretching back to the nineteenth century is incorporated, if different estimators are used, or when conditioning the relationship on institutional or leadership changes taking place. Thus, the modernization debate, at present, rests upon a complex set of modeling …
Democratic Consolidation: A Theory Of Territorial Consolidation, Kelly M. Mcmann, Matthew Maguire
Jul 2018
Democratic Consolidation: A Theory Of Territorial Consolidation, Kelly M. Mcmann, Matthew Maguire
Matthew Maguire
How does democracy develop throughout a country once leaders in the national capital introduce or expand civil liberties and hold competitive elections—in other words, after democratic transition? The subnational democracy literature has shown that non-democratic subnational political regimes can endure within countries even after democratic transition. Yet, the democratic consolidation literature has not addressed how these enclaves are eliminated throughout the country or the territorial consolidation of democracy. This paper offers an explanation for the territorial consolidation of democracy. We argue that greater corruption control, a shift toward a unitary system of government, and a move toward centralized candidate selection …
Governing Countries: A Theory Of Subnational Regime Variation, Kelly M. Mcmann, John Gerring, Matthew Maguire, Michael Coppedge, Staffan I. Lindberg
Feb 2016
Governing Countries: A Theory Of Subnational Regime Variation, Kelly M. Mcmann, John Gerring, Matthew Maguire, Michael Coppedge, Staffan I. Lindberg
Matthew Maguire
Studies of a small number of countries have revealed that both democratic and non-democratic subnational governments can exist within a single country. However, these works have neither demonstrated how common subnational regime variation is nor explained why some countries are more prone to it. This paper does both. Using Varieties of Democracy subnational data for countries of the world from 1900 to 2012, we show that subnational regime variation exists throughout all regions, in both unitary and federal states, and in both the present and past. The paper also demonstrates theoretically and empirically how social heterogeneity and factors undermining the …
Electoral Democracy And Human Development, John Gerring, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Jan Teorell, Matthew Maguire, Michael Coppedge, Staffan I. Lindberg
Jul 2015
Electoral Democracy And Human Development, John Gerring, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Jan Teorell, Matthew Maguire, Michael Coppedge, Staffan I. Lindberg
Matthew Maguire
This study reconciles competing positions in the debate over whether democracy improves human development. We argue that electoral competition incentivizes politicians to provide public goods and services, and these, in turn, save lives. Hence, the electoral aspect of democracy should have a substantial impact on human development while other aspects, e.g. related to citizen empowerment or civil liberties, should be less consequential. Extant measures of democracy do not allow for the disambiguation of various components of democracy, which may help to account for the mixed results reported by various studies (contrast Ross 2006 and Gerring et al. 2012). We draw …
The Future Of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Matthew Maguire
Dec 2010
The Future Of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Matthew Maguire
Matthew Maguire
With more than 60,000 multinational corporations in the world today — along with more than 800,000 subsidiaries and millions of suppliers — the web of private enterprise is wider and more connected than at any other time in history (Ruggie 2004, 510). At the same time, concerns are mounting about the sustainability of the world economy, as well as our ability to address global challenges such as climate change, pollution, poverty, disease, and inequality. While in the past people have often looked to government to protect society from such threats, today it is clear that government cannot do the job …
