Comparative politics [ the principal-agent perspective

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane, Jan-Erik (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London New York : Routledge , c2008
Series:Routledge research in comparative politics ; 20
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p 289-306) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction : micro foundations of comparative politics -- 2. The states of the world -- 3. Rule of law -- 4. Environmental factors -- 5. Impact of political institutions -- 6. Changing principal-agent institutions -- 7. Party system instability and volatility from the principal-agent perspective -- 8. Regime fitness : on the survival of polities -- 9. The concept of a polity : from the city-state to the empire -- 10. The ancient empires : Oriental despotism or the patrimonial state -- 11. Feudalism : political, economical and modern -- 12. The nation-state and colonial empires -- 13. The regionalisation of the state -- 14. Conclusion : evolutionary advantage of rule of law regimes 
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