ABSTRACT
Which combination of conditions account for CoD and which ones for not-CoD? The expectation is that all the conjunctions of factors that lead to CoD represent a fi t in terms of power dispersion between a country’s societal and political-institutional characteristics. Following the sequence of analytic steps prescribed by the standards of good practice (Schneider and Wagemann 2007 and forthcoming), the analysis starts with a test for necessary conditions for the occurrence of CoD and not-CoD, respectively. The analysis of suffi cient conditions is performed based on the twostep fsQCA approach (see Chapter 5 and Schneider and Wagemann 2006).
