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The performance of nations / edited by Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political stability--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
- Political stability.
- World politics--Cross-cultural studies.
- World politics.
- Political indicators--Cross-cultural studies.
- Political indicators.
- Central-local government relations--Cross-cultural studies.
- Central-local government relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why do some nations fail while others succeed? How can we compare the political capacity of a totalitarian regime to a democracy? Are democracies always more efficient? The Performance of Nations answers these key questions by providing a powerful new tool for measuring governments' strengths and weaknesses. Allowing researchers to look inside countries down to the local level as well as to compare across societies and over time, the book demonstrates convincingly that political performance is the missing link in measurin
- Contents:
- cover; frontmatter; contents; figuresandtables; acronyms; introduction; part I; chapter 1; part II; chapter 2; chapter 3; chapter 4; chapter 5; chapter 6; part III; chapter 7; chapter 8; chapter 9; chapter 10; chapter 11; part IV; chapter 12; chapter 13; part V; chapter 14; appendix; index; aboutthecontributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8108-9542-0
- 1-283-63940-8
- 1-4422-1706-5
- OCLC:
- 817820681
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