Janda K. – Professor Emeritus Northwestern University's Political Science Department (Illinois, USA), his co-authored «The Challenge of Democracy» textbook is used in hundreds of colleges across the nation. He co-founded the international journal, Party Politics, which he still coedits
The article evaluates how the 22 countries that border the Mediterranean Sea vary in country goverance, as measured by the World Bank indicator, Rule of Law. It compares the Mediterranean countries in the EU with non-EU countries and with other EU countries that do not border on the Mediterranean. After finding substantial differences in the countries' scores, it assesses the effects of country size, wealth, and party competition on Rule of Law.
Governance, rule of law, Mediterranean countries, political competition, European Union, party systems.
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