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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786329203321

Titolo

The performance of nations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012

ISBN

0-8108-9542-0

1-283-63940-8

1-4422-1706-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KuglerJacek

TammenRonald L. <1943->

Disciplina

320.011

Soggetti

Political stability - Economic aspects

World politics

Political indicators

Central-local government relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

cover; frontmatter; contents; figuresandtables; acronyms; introduction; part I; chapter 1; part II; chapter 2; chapter 3; chapter 4; chapter 5; chapter 6; part III; chapter 7; chapter 8; chapter 9; chapter 10; chapter 11; part IV; chapter 12; chapter 13; part V; chapter 14; appendix; index; aboutthecontributors

Sommario/riassunto

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