The quality of government [electronic resource] : corruption, social trust, and inequality in international perspective /
by Rothstein, Bo; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookPublisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011Description: xiii, 285 p. : ill.ISBN: ; ; ; ; .Subject(s): Political corruption | Quality of life -- Political aspects | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
What is quality of government? -- Quality of government : what you get -- Corruption : the killing fields -- Creating political legitimacy : representative democracy versus quality of government -- Curbing corruption : the indirect "big bang" approach -- Quality of government and the welfare state -- The low trust-corruption-inequality trap -- Quality of government and social trust : two experiments -- The tale of two countries : democratic Jamaica versus high quality of government Singapore -- Preventing societies from self-destructing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is quality of government? -- Quality of government : what you get -- Corruption : the killing fields -- Creating political legitimacy : representative democracy versus quality of government -- Curbing corruption : the indirect "big bang" approach -- Quality of government and the welfare state -- The low trust-corruption-inequality trap -- Quality of government and social trust : two experiments -- The tale of two countries : democratic Jamaica versus high quality of government Singapore -- Preventing societies from self-destructing.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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