GVPT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: David Held, Big Mac Index, Comparative Advantage
7 Dec 2015
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Democratization and war: mansfield and snyder claim that countries transitioning to democracy ( democratizing ) are more violent. Particularly true for dramatic transitions: domestic pressures create incentives for elites to make, recent or current (possible) examples? nationalist appeals, democratic peace is probably valid. Dyadic version, with war as outcome: probably multi-causal (other factors important, too, need better theoretical explanations, integral part of overall focus on reduction in violence. Basket of standard goods costs in each country. Measuring quality of life : human development index (hdi)- an index that combines: life expectancy, education index (adult literacy and school enrollment at grad school through high school levels), and. Gdp per capita (ppp: hdi does not correlate perfectly with gnp or gdp based measures. What is globalization definition: david held, quoted in goldstein and pevehouse, gives. The widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life .
