ISBN:
9781137556288
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (332 pages)
Series Statement:
Executive Politics and Governance
Series Statement:
Executive Politics and Governance Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Elites, institutions and the quality of government
Parallel Title:
Print version Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Elites, institutions and the quality of government
DDC:
305.5/2
Keywords:
Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity
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Power (Social sciences)
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Political corruption
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Elite (Social sciences) ; Political activity
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Power (Social sciences)
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Political corruption
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Elite
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Politik
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Korruption
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Politische Institution
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Partei
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Gesellschaft
Abstract:
To a large extent, elite politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen hold the fortunes of their societies in their hands. This edited volume describes how formal and informal institutions affect elite behaviour, which in turn affects corruption and the quality of government
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Section I: Introduction""; ""1: How Institutions Constrain Elites from Destructive Behavior""; ""History, power and politics""; ""Contents of the book""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""2: Good Societies Need Good Leaders on a Leash""; ""What should be defined as The Good Society?""; ""The Good Society Index""; ""Constructing the Good Society Index""; ""Correlates of The Good Society""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Democratic and administrative restrains""""Significant effects of democracy and Quality of Government""; ""The importance of good and impartial administrative capacity""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3: Are Corrupt Elites Necessary for Corrupt Countries?""; ""Honest elites and corrupt rank and file""; ""Corrupt elites and an honest rank and file""; ""Corruption in large private firms""; ""When the ?fish? rots from the head down or from the tail up""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""4: Prestige, Immunity and Diplomats: Understanding Sexual Corruption""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The case for adding sex to corruption""""Institutions of diplomacy""; ""Diplomacy and sexual corruption""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Section II: History and State-Building""; ""5: The Political and Historical Origins of Good Government: How Social Contracts Shape Elite Behavior""; ""The limits of formal institutional constraints""; ""The political and historical origins of good government""; ""Research design and data""; ""Empirical illustration""; ""Summary and conclusions""; ""Note""; ""References""
Description / Table of Contents:
""6: Political Leadership and Quality of Government: Restraining Elites at Nascent Statehood""""Building the state: Implications for dealing with elites""; ""Research design and method""; ""Case comparisons""; ""Israel""; ""India""; ""Palestine""; ""Pakistan""; ""Results and concluding discussion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""7: Rulers and Their Elite Rivals: How Democratization Has Increased Incentives for Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Corruption and democratization""; ""Democratic reform and patronage: Destabilization and ruler responses""; ""Democracy and patronage in Malawi""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Elite?ruler relations in Malawi pre-democratization""""The impact of democratization on elite?ruler relations in Malawi""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""8: Stability and Stagnation""; ""Chaos, stability, and stagnation""; ""Data and method""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Section III: Power-Sharing""; ""9: Democratic and Professional Accountability""; ""Why we need both democracy and bureaucracy to prevent rent-seeking""; ""Research strategy""; ""Results""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""
Description / Table of Contents:
""10: Property Rights without Democracy: The Role of Elites? Rotation and Asset Ownership""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. Description based on print version record
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