Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. How Institutions Constrain Elites from Destructive Behavior

      • Carl Dahlström, Lena Wängnerud

      Pages 3-12

   3. Good Societies Need Good Leaders on a Leash

      • Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein

      Pages 13-32

   4. Are Corrupt Elites Necessary for Corrupt Countries?

      • Susan Rose-Ackerman

      Pages 33-47

   5. Prestige, Immunity and Diplomats: Understanding Sexual Corruption

      • Ann Towns

      Pages 49-65

3. History and State-Building

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. The Political and Historical Origins of Good Government: How Social Contracts Shape Elite Behavior

      • Anna Persson, Martin Sjöstedt

      Pages 69-92

   3. Political Leadership and Quality of Government: Restraining Elites at Nascent Statehood

      • Ulrika Möller, Isabell Schierenbeck

      Pages 93-109

   4. Rulers and Their Elite Rivals: How Democratization Has Increased Incentives for Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Michelle D’Arcy

      Pages 111-127

   5. Stability and Stagnation

      • Anders Sundell

      Pages 129-146

4. Power-Sharing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Democratic and Professional Accountability

      • Carl Dahlström, Victor Lapuente

      Pages 149-166

   3. Property Rights without Democracy: The Role of Elites’ Rotation and Asset Ownership

      • Leonid Polishchuk, Georgiy Syunyaev

      Pages 167-186

   4. Dynamic Economic Growth as a Constraint on Elite Behavior

      • Petrus Olander

      Pages 187-203

   5. Political Control of Bureaucracies as an Incentive for Party Behavior

      • Agnes Cornell, Marcia Grimes

      Pages 205-223

5. Political Parties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. Political Parties and the Politics of the Quality of Government

      • Philip Keefer

      Pages 227-244

   3. Why Women in Encompassing Welfare States Punish Corrupt Political Parties

      • Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta, Lena Wängnerud, Mattias Agerberg

      Pages 245-262

   4. Anti-Corruption Parties and Good Government

      • Andreas Bågenholm, Nicholas Charron

      Pages 263-282

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.

• Corruption
• Good Governance
• Quality of Government
• Elites
• State building
• Parties
• Constrains
• corruption
• democracy
• democratization
• governance
• government
• Institution

'Elites, Institutions and Quality of Government focuses on the critical obstacle in democratic politics: constraining actors who value their own interests over those of society. Dahlström and Wängnerud's outstanding contribution moves at a rapid pace through the data on the quality of government, corruption, property rights, and gender equality.' Andy Whitford, Alexander M. Crenshaw Professor of Public Policy, University of Georgia, USA

'This book tackles the important question of why the quality of government varies so much across the globe. The authors employ a diverse set of approaches to explore how elites contribute to (or detract from) the quality of government. The volume is comprised of chapters at the research frontier and will be read by those interested in how the interaction of key historical, institutional, and economic factors contribute to good governance.' David E. Lewis, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA

'This is an excellent book both theoretically, methodologically and empirically. It addresses the important question of how the level of democracy and the quality of government effects the development of a good society. It gives new insights on how institutions constrain elites from destructive and corrupt behavior.' Per Lægreid, Professor in the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway

• University of Gothenburg, Sweden

  Carl Dahlström, Lena Wängnerud

Mattias Agerberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Andreas Bågenholm, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and the Program Manager for the Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Nicholas Charron, Associate Professor, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School and the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Agnes Cornell, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, Denmark Stefan Dahlberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Carl Dahlström, Professor at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Michelle D'Arcy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Marcia Grimes, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Sören Holmberg, Professor Emeritus in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Philip Keefer, Principal Advisor of the Institutions for Development Department of the Inter-American Development Bank Spyros Kosmidis, Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Methods, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK Victor Lapuente, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Ulrika Möller, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science,University of Gothenburg, Sweden Petrus Olander, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Anna Persson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Leonid Polishchuk, Economics Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University, USA Bo Rothstein, August Röhss Chair in Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Isabell Schierenbeck, Associate Professor in Political Science, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Martin Sjöstedt, Associate Professor in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta, Associate Professor in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Anders Sundell, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Georgiy Syunyaev, Columbia University, New York, USA Ann Towns, Associate Professor in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Lena Wängnerud, Professor in political science, Quality of Government Institute and the Multidisciplinary Opinion and Democracy Research Group at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Georgios Xezonakis, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg and a Research Fellow at the Quality of Government Institute

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