Comparative Politics: The Principal-Agent Perspective (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics) by Lane, Jan-Erik

Routledge, 2010-06-10. Paperback. Very Good. 2.2843 in x 23.0964 in x 15.4822 in.

New. Starting from the principal-agent perspective, this book offers a new analysis of government. It interprets political institutions as devices designed to solve the omnipresent principal-agent game in politics. In other words how to select, instruct, monitor and evaluate political agents or elites so that they deliver in accordance with the needs and preferences of their principal: the population. This book explores whether there are any evolutionary mechanisms in politics which guide mankind towards the rule of law regime, domestically and globally. It combines a cross-sectional approach with a longitudinal one. Comparing the extent of the rule of law among states, using a set of data from 150 countries concerning political and social variables, the author seeks to understand why there is such a marked difference among states. Taking a state-centred perspective and looking at countries with a population larger than one million people during the post Second World War period, the book… Read More

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Routledge, 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 316 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

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