The performance of nations / edited by Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen.

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TextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 334 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442217065
1442217065
1283639408
9781283639408
6613951862
9786613951861
9781442217058
1442217057
0810895420
9780810895423

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: The performance of nationsDDC classification:

320.01/1 23

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JC330.2

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83.32

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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.

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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.

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