The Quality of Government
Corruption, Social Trust, and Inequality in International Perspective
- Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgments
1 What Is Quality of Government?
2 Quality of Government: What You Get
3 Corruption: The Killing Fields
4 Creating Political Legitimacy: Representative Democracy versus Quality of Government
5 Curbing Corruption: The Indirect "Big Bang" Approach
6 Quality of Government and the Welfare State
7 The Low Trust–Corruption–Inequality Trap
8 Quality of Government and Social Trust: Two Experiments
9 The Tale of Two Countries: Democratic Jamaica versus High Quality of Government Singapore
10 Preventing Societies from Self-Destructing
References
Index
“Bo Rothstein asks what high-quality government can and should be, and gives us multiple reasons to care about the answers he proposes. The Quality of Government is a theoretically sophisticated and imaginative discussion of issues that have needed a fresh look for some time.”
“This is social science at its best. Ranging widely over the literatures in political science, sociology, economics, and many other fields, Bo Rothstein sheds light on why some governments work better and instill more trust than others—and provides much practical policy advice on the side.”
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