Resource-rich countries have tended to be autocratic and also have tended to use their resource wealth badly. The neoconservative agenda of promoting democratization in resource-rich countries thus offers the hopeful prospect of a better use of their economic opportunities. This paper examines whether the effect of democracy on economic performance is distinctive in resource-rich societies. We ...

Sahip olduğu güç kullanma tekeli ile diğer iktidarlardan farklı olan siyasal iktidar, bir yandan toplumun devamını sağlarken, öte bu gücün kötüye kullanımı tehlikesini içinde barındırır. Siyasal iktidarın sahip kullanımını ve bunun yıkıcı sonuçlarını engellemenin yolu, ancak sınırlandırılması, dengelenmesi denetlenmesiyle mümkündür. Özgürlüğünün güvenliğinin kayıt altına alınmış iktidardan geçt...

Further to literature references, and building inter alia of COBIT, this document provides an analysis of the control objectives in respect of IT project governance. It is clear from project management literature that insufficient emphasis is placed upon project governance in its own right and that currently governance in respect of larger projects, if indeed it is implemented at all, is enacte...

Although the risk of expropriation for foreign direct investment (FDI) has fallen substantially since the 1970s, political risk continues to be of concern to MNCs in many countries. I ask whether domestic political checks and balances and international legal instruments that aim to protect FDI enable governments to commit credibly to avoid future policies that diminish the value of sunk FDI. Ut...