Many of the relatively large number of transitions to more democratic political systems in Third World countries during the 1980s were anomalies for important theories of regime transition, because they occurred during times of economic difficulties and increased dependence by poor countries on richer, industrialized states. Modernization theory, for example, would lead us to expect that economic growth is necessary for the emergence of democracy, while dependency theory stipulates that increased reliance by poor countries on investment from multinational corporations fosters dictatorial regimes that create economic environments attractive to those corporations. At least some of the anomalies might be accounted for by a model that emphasizes the liberalizing impact of economic restructuring programs instituted by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, especially in those countries with debt-servicing difficulties that made them more vulnerable to that impact. Analyses of data on regime transitions in the 1980s indicate that highly indebted countries committed to economic stabilization under agreements signed with either official multilateral agencies or commercial banks were more likely to democratize in the 1980s. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05, Section: A, page: 1883. / Major Professor: James Lee Ray. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76406 |
| Contributors | Houry, Eimad Chawkat., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 245 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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