| Description |
xi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: political science and the importance of good government / Bo Rothstein -- pt. I WHAT IT IS -- 2.Defining and measuring quality of government / Jan Teorell -- 3.Public administration around the world / Jan Teorell -- 4.Need or greed corruption? / Monika Bauhr -- 5.Impartiality and the need for a public ethics of care / Helena Olofsdotter Stensota -- pt. II HOW TO GET IT -- 6.In democracy we trust, but how much? / Victor Lapuente -- 7.Press freedom and corruption / Henrik Oscarsson -- 8.Weberian bureaucracy and corruption prevention / Victor Lapuente -- 9.Do international organizations promote quality of government? / Naghmeh Nasiritousi -- 10.State legitimacy and the corruptibility of leaders / Martin Sjostedt -- 11.Legislators and variation in quality of government / Staffan I. Lindberg -- 12.Why women are less corrupt than men / Lena Wangnerud -- 13.Rethinking the nature of the grabbing hand / Jan Teorell -- |
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Contents note continued: pt. III WHAT YOU GET -- 14.Part of the solution / Naghmeh Nasiritousi -- 15.Access to safe water / Bo Rothstein -- 16.Happiness / Soren Holmberg |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political sociology.
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| Author |
Holmberg, Sören, 1943-
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Rothstein, Bo, 1954-
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| LC no. |
2012935296 |
| ISBN |
9780857934925 (hbk.) |
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