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Description:: Institutions are an important determinant of a society's economic performance. To understand why institutions affect economic activity we have to understand how they affect people's incentives in the economy. The patterns of social interaction and beliefs in a society determine the choice of institution. This dissertation focuses on societies where...
Keyword:: Bride price, Institutions, Dowry, and Caste System
Subject:: Economics
Creator:: Kripa Freitas
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/11/2018
Date Modified:: 09/11/2018
Date Created:: 2008-05-12
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This dissertation develops a theory of rebel-state engagement during armed conflict that links these varied interactions to processes of institutional change in the state in which they unfold. Conventional wisdom portrays conflict zones as lacking institutions or pitting armed groups and states as competitors. Yet, this dissertation finds that rebels...
Keyword:: Civil War, State-building, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Institutions, Rebel governance, and Political economy
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Rachel Sweet
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 04/11/2018
Date Modified:: 04/11/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This dissertation explores the relationship between institutions of political participation and environmental protection. What is the relationship and how is it constituted? How are participatory institutions put into motion, and how do they operate? What are the effects of these institutions? Are participatory institutions desirable from an environmental perspective and...
Keyword:: Development, Prior consultations, Popular consultations, Institutions, Mining, and Latin America
Subject:: Sociology
Creator:: Diana Rodriguez-Franco
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 03/26/2018
Date Modified:: 03/26/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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