Theories that relate to democracy and economic development have remained obsolete, says the author. Today there are some democratic countries with terribly low rates of economic development and some less than democratic countries that have strongly developed, like China.
Requejo, Ferran
Ferran Requejo is a profesor of Political Science at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, where he has developed the doctorate program of GRTP. His principle fields of study concern theories of democracy, political liberalism, social democracies of the second post-war period, and federalism in multinational contexts.
Is Democracy a Condition for Economic Development?
G-8 in Japan: a discussion of growth and aid for the growing global trade policy
By Ferran Requejo, 15th July 2008
Ecological challenges: how to move from declarations to actions
The ostrich strategy (talk a lot…. and look the other way) must be left behind
By Ferran Requejo, 27th March 2008
These years are decisive: the manner in which the main ecological problems (global warming, deforestation, erosion, soil desertification, the extinction of animal and plant species and the dearth of fresh water) are resolved (or not) will determine the quality of life of future generations. There are countries that have already rolled up their sleeves and gotten to work, but others (such as the
- Environmental lobbies in the United States
por Heike Pintor Pirzkall - The Impact of Climate change in Africa
por Jesús Rivillo Torres
An intermediate solution to the Kosovo conflict
The formation of a Confederation with international military presence
By Ferran Requejo, 9th January 2008
Finding a solution to the future of Kosovo that satisfies the Serbs and the Albanian-Kosovars is proving to be a difficult task; perhaps the alternative could at one stage be the creation of a Confederation between Serbia and Kosovo, which is still its province; it would not be an optimal situation for either of the parties, but it could be an intermediate route towards the final, peaceful solution to the conflict.
Populism, democracy without liberalism
When paternalism gives preference to liberties and the rule of law
By Ferran Requejo, 20th December 2007
The populists tend to enlarge the group of contemporary non-liberal democracies. The author points out that t is not strange that within a single, caudillo-style leadership that claims to act in the name of the people (pueblo) and for the people, political rights and freedoms, like the freedom of the press, freedom of expression, the plural-party system, and the control of electoral processes are suppressed or diminished.
Spain, before and after funding from the European Union
Productivity, research, technology, and contamination: looming problems
By Ferran Requejo, 3rd October 2007
No one has any doubt that the structural funds received from the European Union have contributed in an irrefutable manner to the economic growth witnessed in
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