Political Atlas of the Modern World An Experiment in Multidimensional Statistical Analysis of the Political Systems of Modern States

by Melville, Andrei; Polunin, Yuri; Ilyin, Mikhail; Mironyuk, Mikhail; Timofeev, Ivan; Meleshkina, Elena; Vaslavskiy, Yan

• ISBN13: 9781444335804
• ISBN10: 1444335804
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Political Atlas of the Modern World is a unique reference source which addresses these questions by providing a comparative study of the political systems of all 192 countries of the world.Uses quantitative data and multidimensional statistical analysis Ranks countries according to five indices of political development: stateness, external and internal threats, potential of international influence, quality of life, institutional basis of democracy Illustrated throughout with tables and diagrams.

Author Biography

Andrei Melville is Professor of Political Science at State University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Yuri Polunin is Chief Analyst of the “Expert” magazine and Professor of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University, Moscow

Mikhail Ilyin is Professor of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University, Moscow

Mikhail Mironyuk is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University and Associate Professor of Polititcal Science at State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Ivan Timofeev is Associate Professor of Political Theory at MGIMO-University, Moscow

Elena Meleshkina is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Yan Vaslavskiy is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at MGIMO-University, Moscow

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Theoretical and Methodological Grounds of the Project

Comparative Analysis Methods

Methods of Multidimensional Statistical Analysis

Overview of Precedents

Indices: Rationale and Structure

Stateness Index

External and Internal Threats Index

Index of Potential of International Influence

Quality of Life Index

Index of Institutional Basis of Democracy

Country Ratings

Countries Rated by the Stateness Index

Countries Rated by the External and Internal Threats Index

Countries Rated by the Index of Potential of International Influence

Countries Rated by the Quality of Life Index

Countries Rated by the Index of Institutional Basis of Democracy

Correlations Between the Indices

Correlation Between the Institutional Basis of Democracy Index and Democracy Indices of Other Projects

Countries Classified by Principal Components Method and Cluster Analysis

Countries Classified by the Principal Components Method

Countries Classified by Cluster Analysis

From Universal Comparisons to Country Profiles

The United States in Multidimensional Classifications

The United Kingdom in Multidimensional Classifications

Germany in Multidimensional Classifications

France in Multidimensional Classifications

Japan in Multidimensional Classifications

China in Multidimensional Classifications

India in Multidimensional Classifications

Brazil in Multidimensional Classifications

North Korea in Multidimensional Classifications

Myanmar in Multidimensional Classifications

Russia and Other Post-Communist States in Multidimensional Classifications

Conclusion

Index of Countries

Index of Names

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