Lane, Jan-Erik <br/><br/>
Comparative politics  the principal-agent perspective /  [electronic resource] : 
Jan-Erik Lane 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  c2008 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 316 p.) :  ill. 
 - Routledge research in comparative politics ;  20 .
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203935545 (electronic bk.) 0203935543 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comparative government<br/>State, The<br/>Rule of law