Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Concept of Political Capacity; 1 Relative Political Capacity: Political Extraction and Political Reach; 2 Theoretical Link of Political Capacity to Development; Part II: Economic Applications; 3 Political Capacity and Economic Determinants of Inflation; 4 Political Capacity and the Use of Seigniorage; 5 Political Capacity and Private Investment; 6 Political Capacity and Economic Growth
7 Political Capacity, Macroeconomic Factors, and Capital Flows8 Political Capacity and Black Market Premiums; Part III: Political Applications; 9 Political Capacity and Government Resource Transfers; 10 Political Capacity and Demographic Change; 11 Political Capacity and Violence; 12 Political Capacity, Growth, and Distributive Commitments; Part IV: Extending Political Capacity; 13 Political Capacity and the Economic Frontier; 14 New Estimates of Political Capacity; 15 Alternative Approaches to Estimating Political Capacity; 16 The Unfinished Agenda; Bibliography; Index
