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- Lindvall, Johannes, 1975, et al.
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Vägar till välstånd
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- Rothstein, Bo, 1954
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Controlling Corruption: The Social Contract Approach
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control. Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well established in research. This has resulted in a stark increase in anti-corruption programs launched by international organizations such as the World Bank, the African Union, the EU, as well as many national development organizations. Despite these efforts, evaluations of the effects of these anti-corruption programs have been disappointing. As it can be measured, it is difficult to find substantial effects from such anti-corruption programs. The argument in this book is that this huge policy failure can be explained by three factors. Firstly, it argues that the corruption problem has been poorly conceptualized since what should count as the opposite of corruption has been left out. Secondly, the problem has been located in the wrong social spaces. It is neither a cultural nor a legal problem. Instead, it is for the most part located in what organization theory defines as the 'standard operating procedures' in social organizations. Thirdly, the general theory that has dominated anti-corruption efforts — the principal-agent theory — is based on serious misspecification of the basic nature of the problem. The book presents a reconceptualization of corruption and a new theory — drawing on the tradition of the social contract - to explain it and motivate policies of how to get corruption under control. Several empirical cases serve to underpin this new theory ranging from the historical organization of religious practices to specific social policies, universal education, gender equality, and auditing. Combined, these amount to a strategic theory known as 'the indirect approach'. This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control. Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well established in research. This has resulted in a stark increase in anti-corruption programs launched by international organizations such as the World Bank, the African Union, the EU, as well as many national development organizations. Despite these efforts, evaluations of the effects of these anti-corruption programs have been disappointing. As it can be measured, it is difficult to find substantial effects from such anti-corruption programs. The argument in this book is that this huge policy failure can be explained by three factors. Firstly, it argues that the corruption problem has been poorly conceptualized since what should count as the opposite of corruption has been left out. Secondly, the problem has been located in the wrong social spaces. It is neither a cultural nor a legal problem. Instead, it is for the most part located in what organization theory defines as the 'standard operating procedures' in social organizations. Thirdly, the general theory that has dominated anti-corruption efforts — the principal-agent theory — is based on serious misspecification of the basic nature of the problem. The book presents a reconceptualization of corruption and a new theory — drawing on the tradition of the social contract - to explain it and motivate policies of how to get corruption under control. Several empirical cases serve to underpin this new theory ranging from the historical organization of religious practices to specific social policies, universal education, gender equality, and auditing. Combined, these amount to a strategic theory known as 'the indirect approach'.
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- Rothstein, Bo, 1954
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Politik som organisation: Förvaltningspolitikens grundproblem, 4 uppl.
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I den moderna staten blir politik till stor del en fråga om organisation. Den offentliga förvaltningens organisationsform spelar därför betydelsefull roll. Detta har särskilt kommit att uppmärksammas inom områden som välfärds- och utbildningspolitik samt på senare tid även vad gäller frågor om fattigdomsbekämpning i många utvecklingsländer. Frågor om korruption, ämbetsmännens etik och förvaltningsapparaten legitimitet står som centrala problem i såväl utvecklingsländer som i de rika demokratierna. Inom många politikområden är det en öppen fråga var den offentliga makten faktiskt är belägen: hos politikerna, hos internationella och centrala tjänstemän eller hos de lokala tjänstemän som direkt möter medborgarna? Politik som organisation, som nu kommer ut i en fjärde helt omarbetad upplaga med flera nyskrivna kapitel, ger en problemorienterad översikt över ett antal områden inom den statsvetenskapliga analysen av den offentliga förvaltningen. Boken är tänkt som en introduktion i ämnet.
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- Rothstein, Bo, 1954
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The Quality of Government: Corruption, Social Trust and Inequality in International Perspective
- 2011
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed and developing countries. While it’s clear that low-quality government institutions have tremendous negative effects on the health and wealth of societies, the criteria for good governance remain far from clear.
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