Economic Globalization and Democracy
An Empirical Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6226751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Quan Li (0000-0003-4734-7709, Pennsylvania State University), Rafael Reuveny (Indiana University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-54 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123403000024 |
| OpenAlex | W2158795831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 114 |
The theoretical literature presents conflicting expectations about the effect of globalization on national democratic governance. One view expects globalization to enhance democracy; a second argues the opposite; a third argues globalization does not necessarily affect democracy. Progress in explaining how globalization affects democracy requires confronting these theoretical positions with data. We assess empirically the effects of globalization on the level of democracy from 1970 to 1996 for 127 countries in a pooled time-series cross-sectional statistical model. The effects of four national aspects of globalization on democracy are examined: trade openness, foreign direct investment inflows, portfolio investment inflows and the spread of democratic ideas across countries. We find that trade openness and portfolio investment inflows negatively affect democracy. The effect of trade openness is constant over time while the negative effect of portfolio investment strengthens. Foreign direct investment inflows positively affect democracy, but the effect weakens over time. The spread of democratic ideas promotes democracy persistently over time. These patterns are robust across samples, various model specifications, alternative measures of democracy and several statistical estimators. We conclude with a discussion of policy implications
Democracy · Development economics · Economic globalization · Economic system · Economics · Financial economics · Foreign direct investment · Globalization · International economics · Investment (military · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Openness to experience · Political science · Politics · Portfolio · Portfolio investment · Corruption and Economic Development · Psychology
Framing Sustainability in a Telecoupled World
Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization
Free Traders
Coping with Terrorism
Decolonizing Democracy from Western Cognitive Imperialism
Direct Democracy Worldwide
Democracy and Foreign Education
Globalisierung als Galton-Problem
Taking Stock of Flow
Are wars detrimental to the environment? Evidence from air pollution and land use
Küreselleşme, Ekonomik Kalkınma ve Kamu Kesiminin Demokratikleşme Seviyesi Üzerine Etkisi
Cocktail Geopolitics and the Changing Nature of Governance
On the political economy of economic integration
Foreign direct investment, global value chains, and labor rights
Determinants of Democratization
Does globalisation affect consumers' pro-environmental intentions? A multilevel analysis across 25 countries
Democracy and Globalization
Echoes of hostility
Urban inequalities and the identity-to-politics link in the Netherlands and Nigeria
The Artistry of Critical Thought
Democracy in emerging markets
Globalization and Modern Slavery
Globalization impacts on local commons
Foreign Direct Investors as Agents of Economic Transition
Bringing the Global Political Economy Back In
A Tale of Two Trends
Triangle or ‘trilemma’
Does democracy cause trade policy liberalisation? Unpacking the black box of trade policy
Economic Competition, Policy Interdependence, and Labour Rights
The Effect of Economic and Cultural Globalization on Anti-U.S. Transnational Terrorism 19712000
Diaspora-owned firms and social responsibility
International Networks of Societal Actors and Democratic Diffusion
The Effects of Liberalism on the Terrestrial Environment
Trade and Conflict
Trade and Democracy
Southern Democracy in the Long Run
Buying National
Global Credit Markets, Political Violence, and Politically Sustainable Risk Premia
Trade, democracy, and the gravity equation
Political mobilization and the construction of collective identity in Mongolia
The social science of human rights
Improving models of democracy
The impact of globalization on the composition of government expenditures
The Perils of Parliamentarism
Does Environmental Degradation Influence Migration? Emigration to Developed Countries in the Late 1980s and 1990s
International Organizations and Democracy Development
Dying for Globalization? The Impact of Economic Globalization on Industrial Accidents
Democracy, Geography and Model Uncertainty
Does economic openness affect liberal and electoral democracy in a different way? Empirical evidence from developing countries
Democratization in the Shadow of Globalization
World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008
Democracy and child health in developing countries
The Limits of Economic Globalization
Trade Openness, Inequality, and Democracy in East Asia
Economic Globalization, Democratization, and Income Inequality
The Globalization and Peace Nexus
Race to the Bottom’ or ‘Race to Brussels’? Environmental Competition in Europe
Understanding the rise of e-participation in non-democracies
Democracy, foreign direct investment and natural resources
Dissatisfaction with Democracy
Globalization and gender equality
The Impact of International Trade on Democracy
Urbanization and Political Change in the Developing World
Two Modes of Democratic Breakdown
International Finance and Central Bank Independence
Economic Globalization and Civil War
The Impact of External Factors on Regime Transition
Foreign aid, FDI and the personalization of power in autocracies
Substitutable Protections
Diversification and democracy
Economic Globalization and Transnational Terrorism
Extreme Bounds of Democracy
Does Democracy Promote or Reduce Transnational Terrorist Incidents
Constructivist Implications of Material Power
Uneven Economic Growth and the World Economy’s North-South Stratification
Regressive Socioeconomic Distribution and Democratic Survival
Counting Calories
When Do Dictators Decide to Open Trade Regimes?-Inequality and Trade Openness in Authoritarian Countries
Built to Last
The Joint Democracy-Dyadic Conflict Nexus
Democracy and Environmental Degradation
From Shocks to Waves
Openness, External Risk, and Volatility
Reversal of Fortunes
Diffusion or Confusion? Clustered Shocks and the Conditional Diffusion of Democracy
Democracy and State Capacity
The role of supranational identity in promoting democratic values
Supranational identity, democratic attitudes, and political participation
Taking the multidimensionality of democracy seriously
Foreign direct investment and the risk of regime transition in autocracies
Foreign direct investment and democratic survival
The problem with autocracy promotion
Honeymoon or consolidation, or both
Voting in Open Economies
International Economic Sources of Regime Change
Foreign Direct Investment and Political Preferences in Non-Democratic Regimes
How Domestic Is Domestic Politics? Globalization and Elections
Democratization and Economic Globalization
Riding the Wave
Income, Democracy, and Leader Turnover
| Unique citing works | 114 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,96 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 113 |