How Participatory is Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)? A Study of Water User Associations (WUAs) in Andhra Pradesh [PDF]
It is argued that the reason for the ills of irrigation management is the alienation of farmers from the process of planning and implementation. Often 'lack of political will' is identified as the main reason for the tardy progress in irrigation reforms ...
P. Prudhvikar Reddy, V. Ratna Reddy
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Political trust, extra-representational participation and the openness of political systems
, 2016 D. Braun, Swen Hutter
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Punishment and political systems: State punitiveness in post-dictatorial Greece
, 2016 L. Cheliotis, S. Xenakis
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The convergence coefficient across political systems. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2013 Gallego M, Schofield N.
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Regional Input on the Social Dimension of Ezoneplus: Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Austria, and Germany [PDF]
This Regional Input is a supplement to Ezoneplus Working Paper No. 13 on the Social Dimension of the Eastward Enlargement of the Eurozone. Within Ezoneplus the Social Dimension is a hybrid in the sense that it addresses both the reshaping of certain ...
Achim Kemmerling
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From Traditional DB to Notional DC Systems: Reframing PAYG contributions to "notional savings" [PDF]
This paper provides a critical review of the pension reform strategy which turns defined benefits (DB) public pay-as-you-go systems into notional defined contribution (NDC) systems.
Börsch-Supan, Axel
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Medicracy, Second Version [PDF]
We study the initial recruitment of individuals in the political sector. We propose an equilibrium model of political recruitment by two political parties competing in an election.
Andrea Mattozzi, Antonio Merlo
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The Role of Politics and Institutions in LDC Currency Devaluations [PDF]
This paper examines political, institutional and economic determinants of exchange rate performance in less developed countries in the 1990s. It models exchange rate depreciations as two separate processes, firstly a process determining whether a ...
Anja Shortland
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Legislative malapportionment and institutional persistence [PDF]
This paper argues that legislative malapportionment, denoting a discrepancy between the share of legislative seats and the share of population held by electoral districts, serves as a tool for pre-democratic elites to preserve their political power and ...
Bruhn, Miriam +2 more
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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions [PDF]
This paper analyses whether the different powers and resources at the disposal of local and regional governments across Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness.
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose +1 more
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