Performance of Nations

Jacek Kugler is Elizabeth Helms Rosecrans Professor of World Politics and Political Economy in the School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University. Ronald L. Tammen is professor of political science and director of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.

• IntroductionRonald L. Tammen and Jacek KuglerPart I: Defining and Measuring Extraction, Reach, and AllocationChapter 1: Political PerformanceMarina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Jacek Kugler, Mark Abdollahian, Kyungkook Kang, Hal T. Nelson, and Ronald L. TammenPart II: Cross-National PerformanceChapter 2: Setting the Stage: The Politics of Economic GrowthMark Abdollahian and Kyungkook KangChapter 3: How Political Performance Impacts Conflict and GrowthJacek Kugler, Ronald L.Tammen, and John ThomasChapter 4: Political Performance, Leadership, and Regional Integration in EuropeGaspare M. Genna, Birol Yesilada, and Peter NoordijkChapter 5: Political Performance as a Moderator of International MigrationTadeusz Kugler, Constantine Boussalis, and Travis G. CoanChapter 6: Oil . . . Path to Prosperity or Poverty: The Effects of Political Performance in AfricaMarina Arbetman-Rabinowitz and Kristin JohnsonPart III: Sub-National PerformanceChapter 7: Following the Wisdom of Elders: Instability in ChinaKristin Johnson, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, and Siddharth SwaminathanChapter 8: Will Foreign Aid Help Curb Terrorism in Pakistan?Ayesha Umar Wahedi and Marina Arbetman-RabinowitzChapter 9: Provincial Politics and the Attraction of FDI in India and ChinaTadeusz Kugler, Travis G. Coan, and Constantine BoussalisChapter 10: Indian Performance, Religion, and Economic GrowthYi Feng and Saumik PaulChapter 11: The Politics of Births in India: Evidence from the StatesSiddharth Swaminathan and John ThomasPart IV: Local PerformanceChapter 12: Government Performance and U.S. Residential Building Energy CodesHal T. NelsonChapter 13: Do Local Governments Matter? Impact of U.S. Municipal Level Relative Political Extraction Capacity on Crime RateMasami Nishishiba, Mariah Kraner, and Mathew JonesPart V: A New ToolChapter 14: The Contributions of Political PerformanceJacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen

Fourteen papers consider the means to compare the performance of nations at the global, subnational, and local levels by way of a political indicator similar to gross domestic product and gross domestic product per capita.