Government Performance and U.S. Residential Building Energy Codes

Authors

Hal T. Nelson, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

The Performance of Nations

ISBN

1-4422-1706-5

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Subjects

Political stability -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies, World politics -- Cross-cultural studies, Political indicators -- Cross-cultural studies, Central-local government relations -- Cross-cultural studies

Abstract

Why do some nations fail while others succeed? How can we compare the political capacity of a totalitarian regime to a democracy? Are democracies always more efficient? The Performance of Nations answers these key questions by providing a powerful new tool for measuring governments' strengths and weaknesses. Allowing researchers to look inside countries down to the local level as well as to compare across societies and over time, the book demonstrates convincingly that political performance is the missing link in measuring...

Description

Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group c2012

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PSU Affiliates:

https://search.library.pdx.edu/permalink/f/p82vj0/CP71253147960001451

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32350

Citation Details

Kugler, J., & Tammen, Ronald L. (2012). The performance of nations. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group.