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Informationen zum Autor Jacek Kugler is Elizabeth Helms Rosecrans Professor of World Politics and Political Economy in the School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University. Ronald L. Tammen is professor of political science and director of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. Klappentext 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 measuring power and military capability. This groundbreaking work will be an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and institutions interested in measuring the political capacities of nations and in knowing where foreign aid and investment will be most effective. Zusammenfassung Why do some nations fail yet others succeed? How can you compare the political capacity of a totalitarian regime to a democracy? Are democracies always more efficient? The Performance of Nations answers these questions by providing scholars with a new technique for measuring the performance of governments across societies and over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionRonald L. Tammen and Jacek Kugler Part I: Defining and Measuring Extraction, Reach, and AllocationChapter 1: Political Performance Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Jacek Kugler, Mark Abdollahian, Kyungkook Kang, Hal T. Nelson, and Ronald L. Tammen Part II: Cross-National PerformanceChapter 2: Setting the Stage: The Politics of Economic GrowthMark Abdollahian and Kyungkook KangChapter 3: How Political Performance Impacts Conflict and Growth Jacek Kugler, Ronald L.Tammen, and John ThomasChapter 4: Political Performance, Leadership, and Regional Integration in Europe Gaspare M. Genna, Birol Yesilada, and Peter NoordijkChapter 5: Political Performance as a Moderator of International MigrationTadeusz Kugler, Constantine Boussalis, and Travis G. CoanChapter 6: Oil . . . Path to Prosperity or Poverty: The Effects of Political Performance in AfricaMarina Arbetman-Rabinowitz and Kristin JohnsonPart III: Sub-National PerformanceChapter 7: Following the Wisdom of Elders: Instability in ChinaKristin Johnson, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, and Siddharth SwaminathanChapter 8: Will Foreign Aid Help Curb Terrorism in Pakistan?Ayesha Umar Wahedi and Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz Chapter 9: Provincial Politics and the Attraction of FDI in India and ChinaTadeusz Kugler, Travis G. Coan, and Constantine BoussalisChapter 10: Indian Performance, Religion, and Economic GrowthYi Feng and Saumik PaulChapter 11: The Politics of Births in India: Evidence from the StatesSiddharth Swaminathan and John ThomasPart IV: Local PerformanceChapter 12: Government Performance and U.S. Residential Building Energy CodesHal T. NelsonChapter 13: Do Local Governments Matter? Impact of U.S. Municipal Level Relative Political Extraction Capacity on Crime RateMasami Nishishiba, Mariah Kraner, and Mathew JonesPart V: A New ToolChapter 14: The Contributions of Political PerformanceJacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen...
