Democracy, Electoral Systems, and Judicial Empowerment in Developing - Countrie

The power granted to the courts, both in a nation's constitution and in practice, reveals much about the willingness of the legislative and executive branches to accept restraints on their own powers. Vineeta Yadav and Bumba Mukherjee use a data set covering 159 developing countries, along with comparative case studies of Brazil and Indonesia, to identify the political conditions under which de jure independence is established.

Info autore

Vineeta Yadav is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University, USA>

Bumba Mukherjee is Associate Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Riassunto

An independent judiciary is considered an indication of a developing nation’s level of democracy

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bumba Mukherjee, Bumba Yadav Mukherjee, Vineeta Yadav, Vineeta Mukherjee Yadav, Vineeta/ Mukherjee Yadav
• Editore: University Of Michigan Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.03.2014
• EAN: 9780472119080
• ISBN: 978-0-472-11908-0
• Pagine: 376
• Serie: New Comparative Politics; New Comparative Politics
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali