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Conviction And Punishment: Free Press And Competitive Election As Deterrents To Corruption, Xiaowen Tian, Vai Lo
Conviction And Punishment: Free Press And Competitive Election As Deterrents To Corruption, Xiaowen Tian, Vai Lo
Xiaowen Tian
Democratic institutions are not equally effective in curbing corruption. Using a criminal behavior model, this study formulates the hypothesis that corruption offenders, being risk-inclined, are deterred more by conviction-reinforcing democratic institutions than by punishment-reinforcing democratic institutions. Evidence based on cross-country regressions strongly supports this hypothesis, indicating that compared with competitive election, free press is a more effective deterrent to corruption. While shedding light on why corruption remains rampant in some electoral democracies - particularly the illiberal democracies - this study identifies a key to corruption control.
Free And Fair Elections, Violence And Conflict, Muna Ndulo, Sara Lulo
Free And Fair Elections, Violence And Conflict, Muna Ndulo, Sara Lulo
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Elections are a defining characteristic of democracy, and thus form an integral part of the democratization process. Over the past decade, electoral systems and processes have become a centerpiece of UN peacekeeping missions and post-conflict democratization projects undertaken by intergovernmental organizations and donor agencies such as World Bank and USAID. The emphasis on elections as an element of UN peacekeeping missions is linked to a shift in focus to state rebuilding (or state creation, as was the case in East Timor). Elections thus provide a means for “jump-starting a new, post-conflict political order; for stimulating the development of democratic politics; …
Constitutional Caution, Bruce Ledewitz
Constitutional Caution, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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The Future Of God—And Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
The Future Of God—And Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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The Future Of God—And Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
The Future Of God—And Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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John Yoo And Jay Bybee Dodge Disciplinary Action But Recall Nuremberg, Bruce Ledewitz
John Yoo And Jay Bybee Dodge Disciplinary Action But Recall Nuremberg, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz
Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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The New New Secularism And The End Of The Law Of The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz
The New New Secularism And The End Of The Law Of The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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The Ethics Of Melancholy Citizenship, Robert L. Tsai
The Ethics Of Melancholy Citizenship, Robert L. Tsai
Faculty Scholarship
As a body of work, the poetry of Langston Hughes presents a vision of how members of a political community ought to comport themselves, particularly when politics yield few tangible solutions to their problems. Confronted with human degradation and bitter disappointment, the best course of action may be to abide by the ethics of melancholy citizenship. A mournful disposition is associated with four democratic virtues: candor, pensiveness, fortitude, and self-abnegation. Together, these four characteristics lead us away from democratic heartbreak and toward political renewal. Hughes’s war-themed poems offer a richly layered example of melancholy ethics in action. They reveal how …