CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Bokor, Tomas |
|---|---|
| Title | Democracy and Human Development: Empirical Inquiry into Effects of Democracy on Wealth, Health and Education |
| Summary | Democracy expands the variety of choices people can make thus enlarging the personal freedom. Does it also affect the level of human development? This empirical study explores the connection of democracy to these aspects of life. Secondly, it makes a more refined distinction of democracies and looks at the impact of more consensual governments on the human development. By means of statistical regression this study analyzes time-series data from over 170 countries and uncovers the connections while controlling for a number of factors that come into play in such a complex relationship. By breaking down the human development into its aspects such as health, education and wealth it seeks to take a more detailed look at the whole concept. The findings show that there is no general connection between democracy or its extent of consensuality and human development measured through aggregate indicator (Human Development Index) or partial indicators for wealth, education and health. However, the control variables show us that the absence of any general trends can very likely be caused by the differences between the regions of the world, thus making such global empirical enquiry very problematic. |
| Supervisor | Duman, Anil |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/bokor_tomas.pdf |
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