Promoting Democracy in Fragile States : Insights from a Field Experiment in Liberia

Promoting Democracy in Fragile States : Insights from a Field Experiment in Liberia

A field experiment in rural Liberia is used to study democratic participation in fragile states. Fragile states are marked by political fragmentation, local patronage systems, and voter vulnerability. To understand the effects of such conditions on...

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Main Authors:	Mvukiyehe, Eric, Samii, Cyrus
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	TERRORISM FREEDOM VOTE CHOICE VOTING RIGHTS MOTIVATION RIGHTS ELECTION OUTCOME ACCOUNTING PARTICIPANTS ORDINARY CITIZENS POLITICS INCOME LOYALTY GOVERNMENT UNITED NATIONS CITIZEN ACCESS POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICIANS INFORMATION MONITORING POLITICAL ECONOMY EFFECTS INCENTIVES INTERNATIONAL PEACE LITERACY RATES POLITICAL LANDSCAPE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS CIVICS CIVIC EDUCATION ANARCHY PARTY MEMBERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS DICTATORIAL REGIMES POLITICAL PLURALISM QUEEN NATIONAL ELECTIONS ALLEGIANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS TRAINING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT POLITICAL BEHAVIOR ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION CIVIL SOCIETY DEMOCRACY CANDIDATES ATTRITION VOTER TURNOUT ELECTORAL INFORMATION ORGANIZATIONS POLICY ISSUES BALLOT BOX REPRESENTATIVES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ELECTIONS CONSTITUENTS CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION POLICIES PARTICIPATION MOBILE PHONE VALUE PLURALISM POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL CULTURE NATION CONSTITUENCIES ECONOMICS FREE PRESS DEMOCRACIES POLITICAL AUTHORITY POLITICAL CHANGE CONSTITUENT COMMITTEES THEORY SECURITY POLITICAL INFORMATION ELECTORAL CHOICES LIBERTY PATRONAGE FORMS OF PARTICIPATION MONOPOLIES FACTIONS CRISES BANKING VOTING PARTICIPATION VARIABLES LAW VOTER PARTICIPATION FREEDOMS COLLECTIVE ACTION GOVERNMENTS OUTCOMES ELECTION POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PEACE INNOVATIONS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS POLITICAL DISCUSSION POLITICAL DEMOCRACY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24784483/promoting-democracy-fragile-states-insights-field-experiment-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22454

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