Stephan Haggard's Paper on the 'Rule of Law' Reviewed
The Rule of Law vs. Not getting shot
05/16/2011
Neil McCulloch,
Institute of Development Studies Blog
I’ve just been reading a great paper by Stephan Haggard at the University of California on the Rule of Law. It’s one of those papers that you read and say to yourself, “yes, that’s all pretty obvious”, and then realise that what he has made obvious is the opposite of received wisdom on the subject!
What he does is gather data across a large number of countries on various measures of the “Rule of Law”. There is a small industry producing such measures these days, since everyone realised that institutions and governance were critical for development.
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Stephan Haggard can provide commentary on current developments in the Asia-Pacific, including particularly Korea, and on the politics of economic reform and globalization.
Visit Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland's Blog on North Korea.
