The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and the Distribution of Electricity

By David S. Brown, A. M. Mobarak. American Political Science Review, 2009

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Provision of electricity to African households: The importance of democracy and institutional quality (2015, background): “Therefore we go beyond previously studied issues, such as provision of infrastructure (as when measuring access to the grid), and even more closely, yet distant matters, such as residential share of electricity relative to industry (Brown and Mobarak, 2009).”
Political power and renewable energy futures: A critical review (2017, background): “For purposes here, democracy is understood as not simply present or absent, but rather as existing on a continuum of more or less democratic forms [32,73,74], a view that allows for a sophisticated set of standards for critically examining democratic systems rather than relying on any specific neces”
Democracy and Human Development (2012, background): “…2002; Przeworski et al. 2000), the consensus view has been that democracy enhances human development (e.g., Boix 2001; Brown and Hunter 2004; Brown and Mobarak 2009; Dreze and Sen 1989; Ghobarah, Huth, and Russett 2004; Kudamatsu 2006; Lake and Baum 2001; Lenski 1966; Lipset 1959; Muller…”