Thomas D. Zweifel is CEO of Swiss Consulting Group, Inc. He teaches at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and is author of Democratic Deficit: Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United States (2002) and Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (2003).
July 2003, Volume 14, Issue 3
New data covering most of the 1990s reveal that democracy, even when minimally defined, has a potent independent impact that tends to reduce infant mortality and promote overall social well-being.
April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2
A country's political regime, regardless of its level of development, affects its social performance. Fewer children die in democracies than in dictatorships.
