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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.011
• Soggetto topico: Political stability - Economic aspects; World politics; Political indicators; Central-local government relations
• Altri autori: KuglerJacek TammenRonald L. <1943->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The performance of nations
• ISBN: 0-8108-9542-0; 1-283-63940-8; 1-4422-1706-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786329203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II