TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kugler,Jacek
AU  - Tammen,Ronald L.
TI  - The performance of nations / 
SN  - 9781442217041 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - JC330.2 .P47 2012
U1  - 320.011,PER 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
KW  - Political stability
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - World politics
KW  - Political indicators
KW  - Central-local government relations
N1  - Introduction (Page-1), Political performance / Marina Arbetman Rabinowitz ... [et al.] (Page-7), Setting the stage: the politics of economic growth / Mark Abdollahian and Kyungkook Kang  (Page-49), How political performance impacts conflict and growth / Jacek Kugler, Ronald L. Tammen, and John Thomas  (Page-75),  Political performance, leadership, and regional integration in Europe / Gaspare M. Genna, Birol Yesilada and Peter Noordijk (Page-97), Political performance as a moderator of international migration / Tadeusz Kugler, Constantine Boussalis, and Travis G. Coan (Page-119), Oil-path to prosperity or poverty: the effects of political performance in Africa / Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz and Kristin Johnson  (Page-145),  Following the wisdom of elders: instability in China / Kristin Johnson, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, and Siddharth Swaminathan (Page-173),  Will foreign aid help curb terrorism in Pakistan? / Ayesha Umar Wahedi and Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz  (Page-191), Provincial politics and the attraction of FDI in india and China / Tadeusz Kugler, Travis G. Coan, and Constantine Boussalis (Page-211),  Indian performance, religion, and economic growth / Yi Feng and Saumik Paul  (Page-229),  The politics of births in India: evidence from the states / Siddharth Swaminathan and John Thomas  (Page-245),  Government performance and U.S. residential building energy codes / Hal Nelson  (Page-267),  Do local governments matter?: impact of U.S. municipal level relative political extraction capacity on crime rate / Masami Nishishiba, Mariah Kraner, and Mathew Jones  (Page-295),  The contributions of political performance / Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen (Page-315)
ER  -