Abstracts

Published date01 March 1991
Date01 March 1991
DOI10.1177/106591299104400101
Subject MatterArticles
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ABSTRACTS
THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT UPON POLITICAL PROTEST AND VIO-
LENCE IN UNDERDEVELOPED SOCIETIES. BY John M. Rothgeb, Jr.
This research investigates the effects of foreign investment dependence
upon domestic political conflict in Third World states. A
cross-national research
design is used to examine the effects of manufacturing and mining invest-
ments on three types of conflict: (1) political protest; (2) political turmoil;
and (3) internal war. The results show that very poor and wealthier countries
are affected differently. Among the poorest states, investment in both manu-
facturing and in mining is associated with lower levels of protest and turmoil.
For wealthier states, only manufacturing investments affect conflict, as polit-
ical protest is increased by a large foreign presence. Internal war is not affected
by foreign investment dependence.
POLITICAL STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC MANIPULATION: DEMOCRATIC ELEC-
TIONS IN GREECE ig6o-i985. BY John M. Roberts and Keith R. Legg.
Common wisdom accuses all Greek governments of economic manipula-
tion for political purposes. To investigate this problem, we recast the two
types of political manipulation reported in existing literature into four new
categories based on governmental capabilities and elector preferences. We
found that Greek governments did manipulate the economy in six elections
from 1960 to 1985 but usually without conspicuous success. Manipulation
focused on the micro-level of government disbursement rather than macro-
level monetary and fiscal policy. When &dquo;traditional&dquo; Greek parties controlled
the government, they were less able to implement systematic use of either
pre-electoral or post-electoral manipulation of the economy. PASOK, a more
modern bureaucratic party, used pre-election manipulative strategies most
effectively in the 1985 election.
ATTENTION, ASYMMETRY, AND GOVERNMENT POPULARITY IN BRITAIN. BY
Barbara Headrick and David J. Lanoue.
This paper tests two hypotheses...

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