After taking early retirement from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2007 Jan Erik-Lane will now teach at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

• Introduction: Micro Foundations of Comparative Politics Section 1: States: Stability and Performance 1. The States of the World 2. Rule of Law Section 2: Conditions that Support Rule of Law 3. Environmental Factors 4. Impact of Political Institutions 5. Changing Principal-Agent Institutions 6. Party System Instability and Volatility from the Principal-Agent Perspective Section 3: Towards Evolutionary Regime Theory 7. Regime Fitness on the Survival of Polities 8. The Concept of a Polity: From the City-State to the Empire 9. Ancient Empires, Oriental Despotism or the Patrimonial State 10. Feudalism: Political, Economical and Modern 11. The Nation-State and Colonial Empires 12. The Regionalisation of the State. Conclusion: Evolutionary Advantage of Rule of Law Regimes

After taking early retirement from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2007 Jan Erik-Lane will now teach at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

• Introduction: Micro Foundations of Comparative Politics Section 1: States: Stability and Performance 1. The States of the World 2. Rule of Law Section 2: Conditions that Support Rule of Law 3. Environmental Factors 4. Impact of Political Institutions 5. Changing Principal-Agent Institutions 6. Party System Instability and Volatility from the Principal-Agent Perspective Section 3: Towards Evolutionary Regime Theory 7. Regime Fitness on the Survival of Polities 8. The Concept of a Polity: From the City-State to the Empire 9. Ancient Empires, Oriental Despotism or the Patrimonial State 10. Feudalism: Political, Economical and Modern 11. The Nation-State and Colonial Empires 12. The Regionalisation of the State. Conclusion: Evolutionary Advantage of Rule of Law Regimes

After taking early retirement from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2007 Jan Erik-Lane will now teach at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

• Introduction: Micro Foundations of Comparative Politics Section 1: States: Stability and Performance 1. The States of the World 2. Rule of Law Section 2: Conditions that Support Rule of Law 3. Environmental Factors 4. Impact of Political Institutions 5. Changing Principal-Agent Institutions 6. Party System Instability and Volatility from the Principal-Agent Perspective Section 3: Towards Evolutionary Regime Theory 7. Regime Fitness on the Survival of Polities 8. The Concept of a Polity: From the City-State to the Empire 9. Ancient Empires, Oriental Despotism or the Patrimonial State 10. Feudalism: Political, Economical and Modern 11. The Nation-State and Colonial Empires 12. The Regionalisation of the State. Conclusion: Evolutionary Advantage of Rule of Law Regimes