the principal-agent perspective Lane, Jan-Erik creator text bibliography enk London New York Routledge c2008 2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xv, 316 p.) : ill. 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 specialized Jan-Erik Lane Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index Mode of access: Internet Comparative government State, The Rule of law 9780203935545 (electronic bk.) 0203935543 (electronic bk.) http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=209057 http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=209057 UMP 110110 20251117141426.0 vtls000049517