Erik Fritzsche
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377006 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Fritzsche |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Fritzsche |
| SIGNATURE | FRITZSCHE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Political Science, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Why the confusion? Reasons and remedies for shortcomings and progress in modernization theory
Lipset's "well-to-do" quote coined decades of debate on the interaction between economic performance and democracy. However, results remain preliminary and unsatisfying. Many authors report a strong relationship while others deny it. Our paper first reviews research on the impact of (1) both economic growth and general economic performance on overall democracy, (2) the chance of transition towards democracy, and (3) the chance of a democracy to a…
Making hermeneutics explicit
Typically, qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is praised for its hermeneutic dialogue between theory and empirical cases. However, in reporting research with QCA, these hermeneutic processes will usually not be illustrated. This paper aims at showing clear how QCA induces this dialogue between theory and data. As an illustrative example, I use a research situation dealing with a genuine research question of Legislative Studies: the causes of …
Why the confusion? Reasons and remedies for shortcomings and progress in modernization theory
Lipset's "well-to-do" quote coined decades of debate on the interaction between economic performance and democracy. However, results remain preliminary and unsatisfying. Many authors report a strong relationship while others deny it. Our paper first reviews research on the impact of (1) both economic growth and general economic performance on overall democracy, (2) the chance of transition towards democracy, and (3) the chance of a democracy to a…
Making hermeneutics explicit
Typically, qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is praised for its hermeneutic dialogue between theory and empirical cases. However, in reporting research with QCA, these hermeneutic processes will usually not be illustrated. This paper aims at showing clear how QCA induces this dialogue between theory and data. As an illustrative example, I use a research situation dealing with a genuine research question of Legislative Studies: the causes of …
Why the confusion? Reasons and remedies for shortcomings and progress in modernization theory
Lipset's "well-to-do" quote coined decades of debate on the interaction between economic performance and democracy. However, results remain preliminary and unsatisfying. Many authors report a strong relationship while others deny it. Our paper first reviews research on the impact of (1) both economic growth and general economic performance on overall democracy, (2) the chance of transition towards democracy, and (3) the chance of a democracy to a…
Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Autocracy (1 work) · Confusion (1 work)