Political atlas of the modern world : an experiment in multidimensional statistical analysis of the political systems of modern states

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 analysisRanks countries according to five indices of political development: stateness, external and internal threats, potential of international influence, quality of life, institutional basis of democracyIllustrated throughout with tables and diagrams. Political Atlas of the Mordern World......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Introduction......Page 11 1.1 Comparative Analysis Methods......Page 15 1.2 Methods of Multidimensional Statistical Analysis......Page 23 1.3 Overview of Precedents......Page 29 2.1 Stateness Index......Page 49 2.2 External and Internal Threats Index......Page 64 2.3 Index of Potential of International Influence......Page 84 2.4 Quality of Life Index......Page 104 2.5 Index of Institutional Basis of Democracy......Page 114 3.2 Countries Rated by the External and Internal Threats Index......Page 134 3.3 Countries Rated by the Index of Potential of International Influence......Page 142 3.5 Countries Rated by the Index of Institutional Basis of Democracy......Page 147 3.6 Correlations Between the Indices......Page 151 3.7 Correlation Between the Institutional Basis of Democracy Index and Democracy Indices of Other Projects......Page 158 4.1 Countries Classified by the Principal Components Method......Page 163 4.2 Countries Classified by Cluster Analysis......Page 181 5 From Universal Comparisons to Country Profiles......Page 207 5.1 The United States in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 208 5.2 The United Kingdom in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 210 5.3 Germany in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 213 5.4 France in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 215 5.5 Japan in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 219 5.6 China in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 221 5.7 India in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 224 5.8 Brazil in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 226 5.9 North Korea in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 230 5.10 Myanmar in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 233 5.11 Russia and Other Post-Communist States in Multidimensional Classifications......Page 235 Conclusion......Page 245 Index of Countries......Page 250 Index of Names......Page 256 Andrei Melville ; With Yuri Polunin ... [et Al.] ; Translated By Igor Romashkevich ... [et Al.] ; Illustrations By Vitaly Kabernik. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.