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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I The Nature of Country Governance -- Chapter 1 Governance: From Quaint Term to Hot Topic -- Chapter 2 Science and Art in Measuring Country Governance -- Part II Environmental Effects on Country Governance -- Chapter 3 Country Governance: Chicken or Egg? -- Chapter 4 The Effects of Country Size -- Chapter 5 The Effects of Country Wealth -- Part III Party System Effects on Country Governance -- Chapter 6 Party Systems Effects: The Theory -- Chapter 7 Party Systems: Data and Measures -- Chapter 8 Governance Without Party Systems -- Chapter 9 The Effects of Competition -- Chapter 10 The Effects of Aggregation -- Chapter 11 The Effects of Stability -- Chapter 12 Reviewing the Theory and Research -- Appendices Measures, Data, and Student Research -- Appendix A Worldwide Governance Indicator Data Sources -- Appendix B Countries with Party System Data -- Appendix C Student Research Projects -- Index -- About the Authors.

The ability to connect theoretical macroeconomics to the analysis of the economic and political performance of a given country is an essential skill for global investors. In Country Analysis: Understanding Economic and Political Performance, David M. Currie takes a unique analytical approach to the subject, clearly demonstrating the relationship between theory and application in investing practices. This valuable book shows how to interpret country performance and provides the practising investor with sufficient background on economic principles to be able to understand and interpret country summaries that appear in business periodicals and other media. It covers key topics such as the Washington Consensus and the three major categories of economic decisions - fiscal policy, monetary policy and trade policy. It includes an important chapter on the political aspect of government performance, to give the reader an understanding of economic decisions in their true context. Country Analysis explains the reasoning behind the criteria used in evaluating country risk and economic performance, without the need for a sophisticated understanding of economics or mathematics. Each chapter includes a series of text boxes that include real-life examples from business periodicals to reinforce what is discussed and enable readers to practice identifying and interpreting relevant information. Practitioners making investment decisions in global markets, as well as students in MBA and other courses, will find this immensely practical book a valuable aid to critical decision making.

This volume elaborates on a number of issues that seem particular important for the people in Central and Eastern Europe: the development and working of democracy, the public support for, legitimacy and efficacy of democracy and the free market economy, and of course the stability of the newly established political culture.

"Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses on, ♯d︢emocratic deficits, ♯ ̮reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state diverges from public expectations. Pippa Norris examines the symptoms by comparing system support in more than fifty societies worldwide, challenging the pervasive claim that most established democracies have experienced a steadily rising tide of political disaffection during the third-wave era. The book diagnoses the reasons behind the democratic deficit, including demand (rising public aspirations for democracy), information (negative news about government), and supply (the performance and structure of democratic regimes). Finally, Norris examines the consequences for active citizenship, for governance, and ultimately, for democratization. This book provides fresh insights into major issues at the heart of comparative politics, public opinion, political culture, political behavior, democratic governance, political psychology, political communications, public policymaking, comparative sociology, cross-national survey analysis, and the dynamics of the democratization process"--