Democratic Integration in North America: Focusing on Democratic Institutions

Democratic Institutions and Economic Growth

The institutional structure of an economy is modeled as a portfolio. This model predicts that a sample of countries with highly diversi ed institutional structures should have a lower variance of economic growth rates than a sample of countries with homogeneous institutional structures. It also predicts that growth rates over time for individual countries with highly diversi ed institutional st...

Trade and the Variety of Democratic Institutions

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Institutions, Path Dependence, and Democratic Consolidation

Formal political institutions have been assigned two roles in democratization theorizing: as contingent effects of strategic interaction and as predictable bases for democratic consolidation. These roles might be reconciled if we assume that institutions become persistent once in place. But patterns of behavior surrounding these institutions do not appear to conform to the expectations of path ...

The Democratic Benefits of Centralized Institutions in Ghana

A democratization scholar, Boylan’s research analyses development and identity politics in Ghana through an institutional theoretical framework. She conducted field research in Ghana in JuneJuly 2012, December 2012, and JanuaryDecember 2013, including a 3-month long survey project which collected 1,932 responses across 6 districts in Ghana. A description of the dissertation follows below. Decen...

Democratic Urban Streets Design Guideline Codifications (Based on Qualitative Democratic Urban Spaces Design Norms)