Comparative politics [electronic resource] : the principal-agent perspective / Jan-Erik Lane
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TextSeries: Routledge research in comparative politics ; 20Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, c2008Description: 1 online resource (xv, 316 p.) : illISBN: - 9780203935545 (electronic bk.)
- 0203935543 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | JF51 .L36 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000056251 |
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index
Introduction : micro foundations of comparative politics -- The states of the world -- Rule of law -- Environmental factors -- Impact of political institutions -- Changing principal-agent institutions -- Party system instability and volatility from the principal-agent perspective -- Regime fitness : on the survival of polities -- The concept of a polity : from the city-state to the empire -- The ancient empires : Oriental despotism or the patrimonial state -- Feudalism : political, economical and modern -- The nation-state and colonial empires -- The regionalisation of the state -- Conclusion : evolutionary advantage of rule of law regimes
Mode of access: Internet