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Beyond Rational Choice: Ideational Assault And The Use Of Delegitimation Frames In Nonviolent Revolutionary Movements, John A. Gould, Edward Moe
Beyond Rational Choice: Ideational Assault And The Use Of Delegitimation Frames In Nonviolent Revolutionary Movements, John A. Gould, Edward Moe
John A Gould
No abstract provided.
Betting On Oil: The World's Bank's Attempt To Promote Accountability In Chad, Matthew S. Winters, John A. Gould
Betting On Oil: The World's Bank's Attempt To Promote Accountability In Chad, Matthew S. Winters, John A. Gould
John A Gould
ABSTRACT: Can international donors ensure that poor countries spend their natural resource revenues on development? We review the World Bank’s 14-year effort to guide such expenditure in Chad. The World Bank used its leverage as a gate keeper of private oil sector to write oil revenue restrictions into Chadian law. Chad also agreed to submit its expenditure to oversight by a new quasi-governmental institution. These efforts were not sufficient to overcome Chad’s poor governance and weak political accountability in the country. Despite the efforts made under the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project, little of Chad’s oil wealth has been spent on …
Slovakia’S Neoliberal Churn: The Political Economy Of The Fico Government, 2006-8, John A. Gould
Slovakia’S Neoliberal Churn: The Political Economy Of The Fico Government, 2006-8, John A. Gould
John A Gould
This paper examines the primary policy initiatives of the Slovak government led by Prime Minister Robert Fico between 2006 and 2008. Fico's 2006 campaign rejected the perceived inequalities and injustices of his predecessor's liberal economic reforms and promised to build institutions of social democracy. His government has achieved a mixed record of success. Bound by the threat of capital flight and devaluation, the government adopted the euro on Jan 1, 2009-successfully fulfilling its predecessor's policy. Beyond this, the lack of any clear economic or social crisis - in fact, the success of his predecessor's reforms - weakened the case for …
Making Market Democracies? The Contingent Loyalties Of Post-Privatization Elites In Azerbaijan, Georgia And Serbia, John A. Gould, Carl Lee Sickner
Making Market Democracies? The Contingent Loyalties Of Post-Privatization Elites In Azerbaijan, Georgia And Serbia, John A. Gould, Carl Lee Sickner
John A Gould
Neoliberal market reformers stress the ‘market building instincts’ of private owners to justify rapid forms of property transformation under illiberal political conditions. Private owners demand the institutions of the selfrestraining state to protect property from various forms of expropriation and to enforce contracts. Legacy theorists counter that under illiberal political conditions, economic insiders are more likely to capture the benefits of privatization programs and then seek exemption from the rule of law rather than application of it. We employ a ‘path contingency’ approach to show that under illiberal, competitive authoritarian conditions, privatization recipients and other private economic agents are unlikely …
Slovakia's Neoliberal Turn, Sharon Fisher, John A. Gould, Tim J. Haughton
Slovakia's Neoliberal Turn, Sharon Fisher, John A. Gould, Tim J. Haughton
John A Gould
Slovakia distinguished itself in the first half of this decade by launching a coherent set of economic reforms that limited government and transferred social and economic risk to individuals. We examine reforms in fiscal policy, pensions, the labour code, health care, investment, education and justice. While the surprise formation of a centre – right governing coalition in 2002 enabled Slovakia’s ‘neoliberal’ turn, a close network of neoliberal policy makers and advisors from civil society organisations used the opportunity to push forward a compelling explanation of Slovak economic problems and promote a clear institutional design for fixing them.
Winners, Losers And The Institutional Effects Of Privatization In The Czech And Slovak Republics, John A. Gould
Winners, Losers And The Institutional Effects Of Privatization In The Czech And Slovak Republics, John A. Gould
John A Gould
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