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Informationen zum Autor After taking early retirement from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2007 Jan Erik-Lane will now teach at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. Klappentext Using a set of data from 150 countries! this book explores whether there are any evolutionary mechanisms in politics that guide mankind towards the rule of law regime! domestically and globally. Zusammenfassung This book explores, using a set of data from 150 countries, whether there are any evolutionary mechanisms in politics that guide mankind towards the rule of law regime, domestically and globally. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Micro Foundations of Comparative Politics Section 1: States: Stability and Performance 1. The States of the World 2. Rule of Law Section 2: Conditions that Support Rule of Law 3. Environmental Factors 4. Impact of Political Institutions 5. Changing Principal-Agent Institutions 6. Party System Instability and Volatility from the Principal-Agent Perspective Section 3: Towards Evolutionary Regime Theory 7. Regime Fitness on the Survival of Polities 8. The Concept of a Polity: From the City-State to the Empire 9. Ancient Empires, Oriental Despotism or the Patrimonial State 10. Feudalism: Political, Economical and Modern 11. The Nation-State and Colonial Empires 12. The Regionalisation of the State. Conclusion: Evolutionary Advantage of Rule of Law Regimes
