Exploring the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and creating collective goods favorable to social, economic, and political development, the contributors to this si
In the last quarter of the twentieth century, the global political economy has undergone a profound transformation. Democracy has swept the globe, and both rich and developing nations must compete in
It is a commonplace claim of Western political discourse that capitalist development and democracy go hand in hand. Cross-national statistical research on political democracy supports this claim. By