Nations in transit 2014 : democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia / / edited by Sylvana Habdank-Kołaczkowska and Zselyke Csaky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463371603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, [New York] ; ; Lanham, Maryland : , : Freedom House : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4422-4231-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (687 p.)
• Collana: Nations in Transit
• Disciplina: 940.09717
• Soggetti: Democratization - Europe, Central; Democratization - Europe, Eastern; Democratization - Eurasia; Democratization - Former Soviet republics; Electronic books.; Europe, Central Politics and government 1989-; Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-; Eurasia Politics and government; Former Soviet republics Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Nations In Transit 2014; Contents; Acknowledgements; Methodology; Country Reports; Ratings and Scores; Checklist of Questions; Democracy Score; Ratings and Democracy Score Guidelines; Research Team and Data Sources; Nations in Transit 2014: Eurasia's Rupture with Democracy; Tables; Table 1. Nations in Transit 2013: Ratings and Democracy Scores Summary; Table 2. Electoral Process: Ratings History and Regional Breakdown; Table 3. Civil Society: Ratings History and Regional Breakdown; Table 4. Independent Media: Ratings History and Regional Breakdown; Table 5. National Democratic Governance: Ratings History and Regional BreakdownTable 6. Local Democratic Governance: Ratings History and Regional Breakdown; Table 7. Judicial Framework & Independence: ; Ratings History & Regional Breakdown; Table 8. Corruption: Ratings History and Regional Breakdown; Table 9. Democracy Score: Ratings History and Regional Breakdown; Table 10. Democracy Score: 2013 Rankings by Regime Type; Country Reports; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Estonia; Georgia; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; LithuaniaMacedonia; Moldova; Montenegro; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Freedom House Board of Trustees; About Freedom House
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>Since 1995, Freedom House's </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Nations in Transit</span><span> series has monitored the status of democratic change from Central Europe to Eurasia, pinpointing the region's greatest reform opportunities and challenges for the benefit of policymakers, researchers, journalists, and democracy advocates alike. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

The institutional economics of water : a cross-country analysis of institutions and performance / / R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143486203321
• Autore: Saleth R. Maria <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cheltenham, UK ; ; Northhampton, MA, : Elgar Pub., c2004
• ISBN: 1-280-08523-1; 9786610085231; 1-4175-2381-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Disciplina: 333.9/1
• Soggetti: Water-supply - Economic aspects; Water-supply - Political aspects; Water resources development - Economic aspects; Water resources development - Political aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A co-publication with the World Bank."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Water challenge: an institutional diagnosis -- 2 Understanding institutions: nature, performance, and change -- 3 Existing literature: approaches, attempts, and limitations -- 4. Evaluating institutional linkages: toward an alternative methodology -- 5 Analytical framework and empirical models -- 6 Empirical context: description and justification -- 7 Institutional changes in the water sector: a cross-country review -- 8 Institution-performance linkages: evidence and evaluation -- 9 Institution-performance linkages: robustness and contextuality -- 10 Institutional sequencing and packaging -- 11 Conclusions with implications for theory and policy -- Appendix A: Questionnaire -- Appendix B: List of experts who provided inputs and data -- Appendix C: mathematical analog for impact-transmission channels -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Institutional Economics of Water evaluates water institutional reform and water sector performance from an institutional economics and political economy perspective. Against an exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature on institution and performance both in general and in water sector contexts, the title develops an alternative methodology built on: 'institutional ecology' principle, 'institutional decomposition and analysis' framework, and 'subjective theory' of institutional change. Empirical application of this methodology with information collected from 127 water experts from 43 countries/regions and a cross-country review of recent water sector reforms within an institutional transaction cost framework enables the book to conclude with significant implications for both theory and policy in the realm of water sector reform in particular and institutional reforms in general. 'We are both impressed by the book. It will merit prominent publication as a far-reaching application of innovative methodologies to an important, and well explained, worldwide policy problem.' - Randall Calvert, Washington University, St. Louis, US and Thrainn Eggertsson, University of Iceland '[The] literature review . . . is one of the best and most comprehensive that I have seen.' - Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin, US