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Information, Democracy, and Autocracy: Economic Transparency and Political (In)Stability

Advocates for economic development often call for greater transparency. But what does transparency really mean? What are its consequences? This breakthrough book demonstrates how information impacts major political phenomena, including mass protest, the survival of dictatorships, democratic stability, as well as economic performance. The book introduces a new measure of a specific facet of transparency: the dissemination of economic data. Analysis shows that democracies make economic data more available than do similarly developed autocracies. Transparency attracts investment and makes democracies more resilient to breakdown. But transparency has a dubious consequence under autocracy: political instability. Mass-unrest becomes more likely, and transparency can facilitate democratic transition - but most often a new despotic regime displaces the old. Autocratic leaders may also turn these threats to their advantage, using the risk of mass-unrest that transparency portends to unify the ruling elite. Policy-makers must recognize the trade-offs transparency entails. See more
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  • Weight: 570g
  • Dimensions: 151 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Sep 2018
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781108430807

About B. Peter RosendorffJames R. HollyerJames Raymond Vreeland

James R. Hollyer is a Benjamin Evans Lippincott Associate Professor in Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Professor Hollyer obtained his Ph.D. in political science from New York University in 2012 his M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago in 2006 and his B.A. in political economy from Williams College in 2003. His research focuses on comparative and international political economy particularly on transparency corruption political accountability and the effects of international policy on domestic politics. B. Peter Rosendorff is Professor of Politics at New York University and is editor of the interdisciplinary journal Economics and Politics and serves on the editorial board of International Organization. Professor Rosendorff holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University in Economics a B.A.(Hons) and B.Sc. from the University of Witwatersrand South Africa in Mathematics and Economics. He is the author of many journal articles some of which have appeared in American Political Science Review American Economics Review Quarterly Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Politics among others. James Raymond Vreeland is Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Government. He received his Ph.D. in political science from New York University in 1999. He currently serves on the editorial board of International Organization. He is the author of The IMF and Economic Development (Cambridge 2003) and The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council: Money and Influence (Cambridge 2014).

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