Misleading Modernization: A Case for the Role of Foreign Capital in Democratization
| dc.contributor.author | Weinerman, Michael Alexander, 1983- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-29T23:19:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-02-29T23:19:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-09 | |
| dc.description | x, 84 p. : ill. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Modernization theory posits that economic growth and democratization are mutually constitutive processes. I extend a recent literature that finds this relationship to be spurious due to the existence of a number of international factors, specifically the role of foreign capital. Through two-stage least square (2SLS) regressions for as wide a sample as the data allow and two case studies (Indonesia and the Philippines), I find that the presence of US capital significantly influences domestic political institutions. This relationship, however, is non-linear and interrelated with exogenous shocks. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Committee in charge: Tuong Vu, Chairperson; Craig Parsons, Member; Karrie Koesel, Member; Will Terry, Member | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/11986 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Political Science, M.S., 2011; | |
| dc.rights | rights_reserved | en_US |
| dc.subject | Political science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Philippines -- Politics and government | |
| dc.subject.other | Philippines -- Economic conditions | |
| dc.subject.other | Indonesia -- Politics and government | |
| dc.subject.other | Indonesia -- Economic conditions | |
| dc.title | Misleading Modernization: A Case for the Role of Foreign Capital in Democratization | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |