Multiparty democracies and rapid economic growth: A Twenty-first century breakthrough?

• Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: authoritarianism; democracy; economic growth; political regimes; single party states; political stability; developing countries; Economic Policy; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2421; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3678/viewcontent/MultiPartyDemocracies.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This essay examines whether developing countries with competitive multiparty democracies may be just as capable of sustaining rapid economic growth as single-party states. It begins with a literature review identifying political stability and the ability to mobilize labor and capital production inpu...