TY - GEN AU - Schick, Allen TI - The Performing State: Reflection on an Idea Whose Time Has Come but Whose Implementation Has Not PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/02/14 DO - 10.18235/0006670 AB - The contemporary nation-state exists to perform, to provide financial assistance, public services and other benefits to its people. How well the government performs influences the economic and social well-being of citizens, the mindset that voters take into the election booth, the programs and behavior of politicians and bureaucrats, and the relationship between government and the governed. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0006670 ER -