I am writting a paper on what form of political regime hingers economic growth faster/better. my paper will be focusing on Libya during the Gaddafi era and post Gaddafi. I also looked at nations such as Iran and
What does it mean a democratic political system? In modern time , democracy is a" minority terror over majority". With the exception of several the most powerful countries with the long tradition of democracy the rest countries in the word live more less in any type of control democracy.
W. Churchill was in right about democracy - "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others".
I suggest you could do a contrast between India & Pakistan for comparison. Development needs to be seen in all its dimensions, economic, social and political.
Please try to focus on your definitions first. What do you mean by economic development, and what democracy means as well. If you develop measures (GDP growth would not be a good one - many developing countries have higher GDP growth vs developed democracies) such as median per capita disposable income purchasing parity adjusted growth as one measure, and another index such as Cato institute Human freedom index, then you may find some interesting correlations...
Imbibing democratic principles evolves over time. In Nigeria today it has been reign of impunity and massive corruption with PDP for the 16 years in power. The current APC is still battling to entrench internal democratic principles. In Egypt, a military tended democratic practice is about to be installed in an election. It all depends on each country's peculiarity.
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