Information, Democracy, and Autocracy: Economic Transparency and Political (In)Stability - Hardcover

James R. Hollyer , B. Peter Rosendorff , James Raymond Vreeland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108420729 ISBN 13: 9781108420723

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Increasing economic transparency benefits democracy: it helps elections work. Yet under autocracy, transparency contributes to political instability.

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About the Authors

James R. Hollyer is a Benjamin Evans Lippincott Associate Professor in Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Professor Hollyer obtained his Ph.D. in political science from New York University in 2012, his M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago in 2006, and his B.A. in political economy from Williams College in 2003. His research focuses on comparative and international political economy, particularly on transparency, corruption, political accountability, and the effects of international policy on domestic politics.

B. Peter Rosendorff is Professor of Politics at New York University and is editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Economics and Politics, and serves on the editorial board of International Organization. Professor Rosendorff holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University in Economics, a B.A.(Hons) and B.Sc. from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in Mathematics and Economics. He is the author of many journal articles, some of which have appeared in American Political Science Review, American Economics Review, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics, among others.

James Raymond Vreeland is Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Government. He received his Ph.D. in political science from New York University in 1999. He currently serves on the editorial board of International Organization. He is the author of The IMF and Economic Development (Cambridge, 2003) and The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council: Money and Influence (Cambridge, 2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108420729
• ISBN 13: 9781108420723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300