UID:
edocfu_9959240016302883
Format:
1 online resource (349 p.)
ISBN:
0-8108-9542-0
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1-283-63940-8
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1-4422-1706-5
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-1704-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-1705-7
Language:
English
