Chapter 2

 

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List of UN Member States

Bruce Gilley on State Legitimacy

Mutual Duties of Vassals and Lords

UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories

The Economist on State Capacity

Interactive Map on the Consolidation of Prussia

A Difficult Choice for Turks in Germany

Illegal Immigration Again Rising in the US

Sage Colleges Meji Era Resource: s page

The Economist on Corruption in Brazil

Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, 1848, Ceding Mexican Territories to the United States

Election of Vicente Fox, 2000

End of the Soviet Union

The Taiping Rebellion, "The Land System of the Heavenly Kingdom

A Panoramic View of China's Cultural Revolution

Map of Linguistic Groups of Nigeria

Map of Nigeria's Three Federal Regions

Oil and Corruption

Non-oil Sectors Boost Growth in Nigeria

Brookings Institution, Index of State Weakness

Comparative Constitutions Project

Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace, Failed States Index 2010

International Crisis Group

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Better Life Index

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Country Statistical Profiles

The Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom

Transformation Index BTI

Transparency International, Corruption Perception Index

United Nations

World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators