A01=Dana Ott
Author_Dana Ott
Capita GNP
Category=JPHV
Civil Society
Colonial Administration
comparative politics
cross-national analysis
Dahl's Analysis
Dahl’s Analysis
Data Set
democratic development
democratic political systems
democratization processes
Dummy Variable
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Estimated Logit Coefficients
Freedom House Data
Freedom House Index
Freedom House Measure
impact of population size on democracy
Logistic Probability Model
Multiple Role Relationships
Pitcairn Island
political stability
political violence research
Public Administration
Small Scale Social Structure
Small State Foreign Policy
small state governance
Small State Size
Small States
social system
Socio-economic Development
Socioeconomic Development
State Size
state size structure
System Level Differences
World Development Report
Product details
- ISBN 9780815339106
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 23 Oct 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book examines the relationship between state size and the formation and maintenance of democratic political systems. Using a cross-national, multiple case study of The Gambia in West Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, in combination with a quantitative data set on all the nations in the world, the study examines the effects of smallness, when measured by population size, on a number of variables including the probability of becoming and remaining democratic, access to information, political instability and political violence. The dissertation argues that the small scale social structure which is prevalent in small states directly affects the social interaction of individuals in these states through the multiple-role relationships created as a consequence; and indirectly affects the political and economic systems of these states through the impact of such social networks on political interaction, etc. The case studies examine the effects of smallness on two states that, aside from being small and democratic, share few background characteristics. It is argued that small state size acts as an enabling environment for democratization, increasing the likelihood that such states will become and remain democratic, as occurred in Trinidad and Tobago. The case of The Gambia illustrates the limitations of smallness to overcome other obstacles to democratization including economic, social, and systemic limitations. The quantitative analysis establishes a significant statistical relationship between small state size, when measured by population, and the formation and maintenance of political democracy, and an increased likelihood of political violence, when measured by political riots and deaths by political violence. The analysis concludes with a discussion of the implications of such findings, including transferability through the application of targeted decentralization programs.
Dana Ott
