Purpose There are strong similarities and striking differences in Estonia's and South Korea's
entrepreneurial ecosystems. The purpose of this paper is to seek to compare and contrast …

There is growing recognition among post-socialist (PS) economies that free-market
entrepreneurship is essential for ultimately improving their economic future. The promotion …

While previous research documents a negative relationship between government size and
economic growth, suggesting an economic cost of big government, a given government size …

Since the lifting of martial law in 1987, Taiwan has progressed toward one of Asia's most
advanced democracies. This paper looks at the historical and socio-political circumstances …

Institutions are slow to change in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies. More to
the point, institutions promoting free enterprise economy are lacking in the region. Concepts …

This article aims to identify the main causal factors that underlie the overall levels of mass
support for democracy in Hong Kong in the light of two approaches of comparative politics …

Over the last decade, a growing number of students of democracy have sought to develop
means of framing and assessing the quality of democracy and identifying ways to improve …

Does the experience of living in the United States lead Chinese people to believe that China
should pursue democracy? Our study produced mixed results, as we found that overseas …

Scholars have established that cultural codes and styles of expression in civil society must
be recognized as informal mechanisms of exclusion, calling into question the possibility of …

This book presents a critical account of how citizenship unfolds among socially marginalised
groups in democratic welfare states. Legal, political and sociological perspectives are …