| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 334 p.) |
| Contents |
Political performance / Marina Arbetman Rabinowitz ... [et al.] -- 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 |
| 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 |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Political stability -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
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World politics -- Cross-cultural studies
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Political indicators -- Cross-cultural studies
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Central-local government relations -- Cross-cultural studies
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Central-local government relations
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Political indicators
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Political stability -- Economic aspects
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World politics
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Politische Stabilität
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Wirtschaftswachstum
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kugler, Jacek
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Tammen, Ronald L., 1943-
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| LC no. |
2021679617 |
| ISBN |
9781442217065 |
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1442217065 |
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1283639408 |
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9781283639408 |
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6613951862 |
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9786613951861 |
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9781442217058 |
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1442217057 |
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0810895420 |
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9780810895423 |
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