Replication Data for: State First? A Disaggregation and Empirical Interrogation
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This letter is the first to systematically scrutinize the multifaceted claim that a strong state promotes democratic development. Enlisting new Varieties of Democracy data from 1789 to 2015, we specify and examine no less than eight different versions of this ‘state-first’ argument in analyses that span the entire era of modern democracy. We document that high levels of bureaucratic quality at the time of the first democratic transition and during democratic spells are positively associated with democratic survival and deepening. By contrast, state capacity has no robust effects and does not condition the impact of bureaucratic quality. These findings underline the importance of particular features of a strong state but also the importance of a disaggregated approach. They imply that democratic development is better aided by strengthenin' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Bureaucratic quality","Democratic deepening","Democratic stability","State capacity"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This letter is the first to systematically scrutinize the multifaceted claim that a strong state promotes democratic development. Enlisting new Varieties of Democracy data from 1789 to 2015, we specify and examine no less than eight different versions of this ‘state-first’ argument in analyses that span the entire era of modern democracy. We document that high levels of bureaucratic quality at the time of the first democratic transition and during democratic spells are positively associated with democratic survival and deepening. By contrast, state capacity has no robust effects and does not condition the impact of bureaucratic quality. These findings underline the importance of particular features of a strong state but also the importance of a disaggregated approach. They imply that democratic development is better aided by strengthenin' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
This letter is the first to systematically scrutinize the multifaceted claim that a strong state promotes democratic development. Enlisting new Varieties of Democracy data from 1789 to 2015, we specify and examine no less than eight different versions of this ‘state-first’ argument in analyses that span the entire era of modern democracy. We document that high levels of bureaucratic quality at the time of the first democratic transition and during democratic spells are positively associated with democratic survival and deepening. By contrast, state capacity has no robust effects and does not condition the impact of bureaucratic quality. These findings underline the importance of particular features of a strong state but also the importance of a disaggregated approach. They imply that democratic development is better aided by strengthenin
Bureaucratic quality; Democratic deepening; Democratic stability; State capacity