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1 online resource (349 pages) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Political performance / Marina Arbetman Rabinowitz [and others] -- Setting the stage: the politics of economic growth / Mark Abdollahian and Kyungkook Kang -- How political performance impacts conflict and growth / Jacek Kugler, Ronald L. Tammen, and John Thomas -- Political performance, leadership, and regional integration in Europe / Gaspare M. Genna, Birol Yesilada and Peter Noordijk -- Political performance as a moderator of international migration / Tadeusz Kugler, Constantine Boussalis, and Travis G. Coan -- Oil-path to prosperity or poverty: the effects of political performance in Africa / Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz and Kristin Johnson -- Following the wisdom of elders: instability in China / Kristin Johnson, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, and Siddharth Swaminathan -- Will foreign aid help curb terrorism in Pakistan? / Ayesha Umar Wahedi and Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz -- Provincial politics and the attraction of FDI in india and China / Tadeusz Kugler, Travis G. Coan, and Constantine Boussalis -- Indian performance, religion, and economic growth / Yi Feng and Saumik Paul -- The politics of births in India: evidence from the states / Siddharth Swaminathan and John Thomas -- Government performance and U.S. residential building energy codes / Hal Nelson -- Do local governments matter?: impact of U.S. municipal level relative political extraction capacity on crime rate / Masami Nishishiba, Mariah Kraner, and Mathew Jones -- The contributions of political performance / Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political stability -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Political stability -- Economic aspects. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Political stability. |
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World politics -- Cross-cultural studies.
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World politics. |
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Political indicators -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Political indicators. |
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Central-local government relations -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Central-local government relations. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kugler, Jacek, editor.
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Tammen, Ronald L., 1943- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Performance of nations. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, ©2012 9781442217041 (DLC) 2012026585 (OCoLC)792886261 |
| ISBN |
1283639408 |
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9781283639408 |
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6613951862 |
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9786613951861 |
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9781442217065 |
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1442217065 |
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9781442217041 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1442217049 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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