This is a conceptual paper concentrating on rural development through common service centres in the context of various theories of technology diffusion. The paper is based on the idea that democratization of knowledge and information is the key to public welfare across geographical, racial, religious, cultural, economic, and gender differences. From this objective,

This is a conceptual paper concentrating on rural development through common service centres in the context of various theories of technology diffusion. The paper is based on the idea that democratization of knowledge and information is the key to public welfare across geographical, racial, religious, cultural, economic, and gender differences. From this objective,

Discusses the implication of peace negotiations in the political democratization and social justice in Guatemala. Elements of the peace process; Phases of the civil war; Formation of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity; Creation of peace accords; Role of the United Nations Verification Mission on peace accords; Achievement of peace accords. Archdiocese Of Guatemala. 1999. Guatemala, Nev...

Ostensibly theoretical disputes in political science often involve competing approaches to explanation. Competing positions include skepticism, covering law arguments, reconstructions of propensities, system models, and explanations featuring causal mechanisms. Mechanismand process-based accounts including cognitive, environmental, and relational effects deserve more attention than they have re...

The disciplinary separation between comparative politics and international relations is regularly challenged but persists as a result of institutional inertia and hiring practices. This essay uses the issue of democratization in an attempt to go beyond rhetoric and to develop a framework that integrates the role of transnational activism into the analysis of domestic regime change. Comparative ...

There is a growing consensus that aid has not improved economic growth and market institutions among developing nations (Boone 1996, Knack 2001, Collier and Hoeffler 2004, Heckelman and Knack 2008, Rajan and Subramanian 2008). Far less attention has been paid so far to the ability of aid to promote and support democratization. The effect of foreign aid on democratization is theoretically ambigu...