Good government
Subtitle: the relevance of political science
By: edited by Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Edward Elgar Publishing; Brand: Edward Elgar Pub
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780857934925
Subjects: Political science; Public administration; Political sociology; Good Governance
Description: This work shows that research in political science does not always shy away from the big questions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Political science and the importance of good government / Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein; title: Part I: What it is. Defining and measuring quality of government / Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell; title: Public administration around the world / Carl Dahlström, Victor Lapuente and Jan Teorell; title: Need or greed corruption? / Monika Bauhr; title: Impartiality and the need for a public ethics of care / Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta; title: Part II: How to get it. In democracy we trust, but how much? / Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente; title: Press freedom and corruption / Mathias A. Färdigh, Emma Andersson and Henrik Oscarsson; title: Weberian bureaucracy and corruption prevention / Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente; title: Do international organizations promote quality of government? / Monika Bauhr and Naghmeh Nasiritousi; title: State legitimacy and the corruptibility of leaders / Anna Persson and Martin Sjöstedt; title: Legislators and variation in quality of government / Staffan I. Lindberg; title: Why women are less corrupt than men / Lena Wängnerud; title: Rethinking the nature of the grabbing hand / Anna Persson, Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell; title: Part III: What you get. Part of the solution / Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein and Naghmeh Nasiritousi; title: Access to safe water / Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein; title: Happiness / Marcus Samanni and Sören Holmberg.