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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Concept of Political Capacity -- 1 Relative Political Capacity: Political Extraction and Political Reach -- 2 Theoretical Link of Political Capacity to Development -- Part II: Economic Applications -- 3 Political Capacity and Economic Determinants of Inflation -- 4 Political Capacity and the Use of Seigniorage -- 5 Political Capacity and Private Investment -- 6 Political Capacity and Economic Growth -- 7 Political Capacity, Macroeconomic Factors, and Capital Flows -- 8 Political Capacity and Black Market Premiums -- Part III: Political Applications -- 9 Political Capacity and Government Resource Transfers -- 10 Political Capacity and Demographic Change -- 11 Political Capacity and Violence -- 12 Political Capacity, Growth, and Distributive Commitments -- Part IV: Extending Political Capacity -- 13 Political Capacity and the Economic Frontier -- 14 New Estimates of Political Capacity -- 15 Alternative Approaches to Estimating Political Capacity -- 16 The Unfinished Agenda -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Editors

"Presents forward-looking analyses of key regions across the globe. Tracking politico-economic trajectories, the contributors chart the resulting power dynamics likely to shape relationships within each region, offering a crucial guide to patterns of cooperation, conflict, and domination over the coming decades"--

This timely book presents fresh, forward-looking analyses of key regions across the globe. Tracking politico-economic trajectories, the contributors chart the resulting power dynamics likely to shape relationships within each region, offering a crucial guide to patterns of cooperation, conflict, and domination over the coming decades.

"Today, the European Union faces challenges that threaten not only internal cohesion but also its position in the global system. This book is about the future of the EU in the light of global power transition taking place in the twenty-first century and demonstrates how its future rests on a delicate balance between policy challenge, member stateś'; interests, and convergence or divergence of societal values across its peoples. The book examines factors behind the decline of the EU relative to the rise of China and other powers in the global hierarchy and what policy options are available for EU leaders to implement in order to compete as a global actor. It analyses determinants of regional integration and ;key policy challenges the EU faces in its quest for an "ever deeper union," and identifies significant factors (i.e., power relations, economic relations, emergent social values across the EU) that can explain the ;likelihood of further integration or conflict between EU member states. This text will be essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in European Union politics international relations, security studies, and comparative politics."--Provided by publisher.

This pathbreaking book illuminates the politics of issue resolution within the European community by evaluating and comparing competing models of decision making across twenty-two policy issues. Written by American and Dutch scholars in the field, the book will be of great interest to students of comparative politics, public policy analysts, mathematic modelers, and all those concerned with the development of the European Community.Contributors: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Samuel Eldersveld, Jacek Kugler, A. F. K. Organski, Roy Pierce, Frans N. Stokman, Jan M. M. Van den Bos, Reinier Van Costen, John H. P. Williams