NDLI: Democracy and State Capacity: Complements or Substitutes?

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Hanson, Jonathan K.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	When it comes to social welfare, we do not have clear understanding of whether it is more important to have democracy or a capable state. Specifically, most studies do not consider the possibility that effects of democracy are conditioned or obscured by differences in the capabilities of states to deliver services effectively. This article contends that better developmental outcomes can result from either democracy or state capacity, but the combination of high levels of both democracy and state capacity is not synergistic. Empirical evidence from a time-series-cross-sectional dataset covering up to 162 countries during the 1965–2010 time period supports the conclusion that these factors partially substitute for each other with respect to improving outcomes in school enrollment and infant mortality. These findings provide a more optimistic answer to the query of Ross (Am J Polit Sci 50(4): 860–874, 2006) as to whether democracy is good for the poor. Once accounting for state capacity, we find that democracy leads to better development outcomes.
Starting Page	304
Ending Page	330
Page Count	27
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00393606
Journal	Studies in Comparative International Development
Volume Number	50
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	19366167
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-01-15
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Democracy State capacity Public services Development Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations Development

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