The performance of nations
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The performance of nations
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
For the theorist, political performance data helps to fill in the gaps when GDP alone does not explain the outcome of wars. For the practical policy specialist, political performance sheds a bright light on why some governments succeed and some fail, why investments disappear in one province but multiply in another, and why it is easier to promote health programs in one region but not in its neighbor. This groundbreaking book 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.
Contributions by: Mark Abdollahian, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Constantine Boussalis, Travis G. Coan, Yi Feng, Gaspare M. Genna, Kristin Johnson, Mathew Jones, Kyungkook Kang, Mariah Kraner, Jacek Kugler, Tadeusz Kugler, Hal T. Nelson, Masami Nishishiba, Peter Noordijk, Saumik Paul, Siddharth Swaminathan, Ronald L. Tammen, John Thomas, Ayesha Umar Wahedi, and Birol Yesilada.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Ronald L. Tammen and Jacek Kugler
Part I: Defining and Measuring Extraction, Reach, and Allocation
Chapter 1: Political Performance
Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Jacek Kugler, Mark Abdollahian, Kyungkook Kang, Hal T. Nelson, and Ronald L. Tammen
Part II: Cross-National Performance
Chapter 2: Setting the Stage: The Politics of Economic Growth
Mark Abdollahian and Kyungkook Kang
Chapter 3: How Political Performance Impacts Conflict and Growth
Jacek Kugler, Ronald L.Tammen, and John Thomas
Chapter 4: Political Performance, Leadership, and Regional Integration in Europe
Gaspare M. Genna, Birol Yesilada, and Peter Noordijk
Chapter 5: Political Performance as a Moderator of International Migration
Tadeusz Kugler, Constantine Boussalis, and Travis G. Coan
Chapter 6: Oil . . . Path to Prosperity or Poverty: The Effects of Political Performance in Africa
Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz and Kristin Johnson
Part III: Sub-National Performance
Chapter 7: Following the Wisdom of Elders: Instability in China
Kristin Johnson, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, and Siddharth Swaminathan
Chapter 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 China
Tadeusz Kugler, Travis G. Coan, and Constantine Boussalis
Chapter 10: Indian Performance, Religion, and Economic Growth
Yi Feng and Saumik Paul
Chapter 11: The Politics of Births in India: Evidence from the States
Siddharth Swaminathan and John Thomas
Part IV: Local Performance
Chapter 12: Government Performance and U.S. Residential Building Energy Codes
Hal T. Nelson
Chapter 13: Do Local Governments Matter? Impact of U.S. Municipal Level Relative Political Extraction Capacity on Crime Rate
Masami Nishishiba, Mariah Kraner, and Mathew Jones
Part V: A New Tool
Chapter 14: The Contributions of Political Performance
Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen
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