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This project aims to contribute to a better understanding of the causes of quality of government (QoG) -- here defined as an impartial and effective government -- in democracies, by focusing on the degree of decentralization as key independent variable. I argue that the current inconclusiveness in this literature stems, in large part, from employing incomplete indicators for QoG, not studying whether the impact of decentralization increases with duration, not including the tri-dimensional nature of decentralization, using mostly cross-sectional data and not considering the potential moderating roles of the levels of democracy and societal resources. In order to test the
hypotheses thus derived, I will, in a first step, run a statistical analysis using a novel panel database, and, in a second step, perform a case study of countries in which the mechanisms uncovered are especially relevant, to understand the role of context and analyze other sub-dimensions of both variables.
Supervisor:
Tiago Fernandes (CEI-Iscte)
Pedro Magalhães (ICS-UL)
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
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| CIES-Iscte | -- | Partner | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
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| José Pimentel | PhD Scholar (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
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| 2023.01801.BD | -- | Scholarship | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. - Concurso para Atribuição de Bolsas de Investigação para Doutoramento – 2023 - Portugal | SMM | SMM | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 |
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With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific projects with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência-IUL. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified for this project. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.
