Complexity Science and World Affairs

Figures and Tables

I X Figures Figure 1.1 Exploitation, Mutual Gain, and Fitness: Likely Linkages 4 Figure 2.1 Soft and Hard Power Resources: USA, Russia, and China in 2012 32 Figure 2.2 HDI and Honesty Scores for Leading Countries by Cultural and Political Heritage in 2010 37 Figure 5.1 HDI Scores for All Communist and Post-Communist States, 1970-2010 73 Figure 5.2 HDI, BTI, and CPI Scores for Communist and Post-Communist States in 2010 92 Figure 6.1 Bible in the Vernacular vs. HDI, BTI, and CPI Scores for Historically Christian, Post-Communist States 117 Figure 7.1 HDI Trends: Scores for Leading States, 1980-2010 130 Figure 9.1 South Korea compared with North Korea, BTI 2012 167 Figure 9.2 “In the beginning was the Word . . .”—in Hangŭl 175 Tables Table 2.1 Alternative Scenarios Posited by Complexity Science 34 Table 3.1 Comparative Democracy, Independent Media, and Human Development 2009 43 Table 3.2 Progress in Closing the First 30 Chapters of the Acquis Communautaire 45 FIGURES and TABLES X F I G U R E S A N D TA B L E S Table 3.3 Peace and War in Lithuania and Croatia 47 Table 3.4 Economic and Social Development in Estonia Compared with Bosnia 48 Table 5.1 Freedom House Democracy Ratings for “Nations in Transit” in 2012 84 Table 5.2 Transformation Rankings (BTI) of Communist and Post-Communist Countries, 2003-2012, by Cultural Heritage 89 Table 5.3 HDI, Transformation, Democracy, Honesty, and Economic Freedom, 2011-2012 93 Table 5.4 Purchasing Power Per Inhabitant, Post-Communist States Members and Candidate Members of the EU 97 Table 5.5 Suicide Rates per 100,000 Before and After Communist Collapse 101 Table 6.1 Percentage of Individuals in Communist or Post-Communist Countries Using the Internet in 2011 (global n = 92) 115 Table 7.1 Parameters of Power, 1776-2000 122 Table 7.2 Parameters of Power, 2008 and 2012 131 Table 10.1 Percentage of Individuals in Islamic Heritage Countries Using the Internet in 2011 197 ...