This Dissertation looks at the interactive relationship between welfare transfers, income distribution, and political stability. The main question is whether welfare transfers tend to reduce income inequality, while they enhance political instability, controlling for critical de…
This work has a single aim, focusing on developing a political risk model relevant for tourism organisations, which are operating in an increasingly complex and turbulent international environment. It pays particular attention to the language of risk (how risks are articulated a…
Le système politique autoritaire de la Malaysia affiche une stabilité remarquable. Depuis 1957, le gouvernement est dirigé par le même parti politique---qui remporte toujours les élections fédérales---et le pays poursuit son développement économique avec succès. La littérature d…
For the design of power-sharing practices in deeply divided places, there are two main macro-political strategies: consociationalism, developed and defended by Arend Lijphart, and centripetalism, associated with the work of Donald L. Horowitz. In this thesis, I consider the acad…
The purpose of this research was to examine the Tsurutani's assertion that leadership requirements of commitment to national development, dominance and skills affect political stability. In order to conduct such an examination, the cases of Jordan's King Hussein and Iraq's Sadda…