Some scholars suggest that the Middle East's oil wealth helps explain its failure to democratize. This article examines three aspects of this “oil impedes democracy” claim. First, is it true? Does oil have a consistendy antidemocratic effect on states, once other factors are accounted for? Second, can this claim be generalized? Is it true only…
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World Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Legal case studies and regulations, International Relations and Foreign Policy.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, World Politics 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Legal case studies and regulations International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Conflict and Governance International Development and Aid |
| ISSN | 0043-8871 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 3.39 |
| h-index | 216 |
| i10-index | 1,246 |
| Total citations | 186,727 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Princeton University |
| Journal website | www.princeton.edu |
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Case-Studies of the policy-making process constitute one of the more important methods of political science analysis. Beginning with Schattschneider, Herring, and others in the 1930's, case-studies have been conducted on a great variety of decisions. They have varied in subject-matter and format, in scope and rigor, but they form a distinguishable body of literature which…
As governmental activity has expanded, scholars have been increasingly inclined to suggest that the structure of public policies has an important influence on patterns of political change. Yet research on policy feedback is mostly anecdotal, and there has so far been little attempt to develop more general hypotheses about the conditions under which policies produce…
The causal logic behind many arguments in historical institutionalism emphasizes the enduring impact of choices made during critical junctures in history. These choices close off alternative options and lead to the establishment of institutions that generate self-reinforcing path-dependent processes. Despite the theoretical and practical importance of critical junctures, however, analyses of path dependence often devote…
International anarchy and the resulting security dilemma (i.e., policies which increase one state's security tend to decrease that of others) make it difficult for states to realize their common interests. Two approaches are used to show when and why this dilemma operates less strongly and cooperation is more likely. First, the model of the Prisoner's…