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Author Melville, Andrei

Title Political Atlas of the Modern World
Published Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents Political Atlas of the Mordern World; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theoretical and Methodological Grounds of the Project; 2 Indices: Rationale and Structure; 3 Country Ratings; 4 Countries Classified by Principal Components Method and Cluster Analysis; 5 From Universal Comparisons to Country Profiles; Conclusion; Index of Countries; Index of Names
Summary The Political Atlas of the Modern World is a unique reference source which addresses these questions by providing a comparative study of the political systems of all 192 countries of the world.: Uses quantitative data and multidimensional statistical analysis; Ranks countries according to five indices of political development: stateness, external and internal threats, potential of international influence, quality of life, institutional basis of democracy; Illustrated throughout with tables and diagrams
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Subject World politics -- 21st century.
World politics -- 21st century -- Maps
Political indicators.
Economic indicators.
Social indicators.
Economic indicators
Political indicators
Social indicators
World politics
Genre/Form Maps
Form Electronic book
Author Polunin, Yuri
Ilyin, Mikhail
ISBN 9781444327557
1444327550