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Good Government: The Relevance of Political Science
Author(s): Sören Holmberg (Editor), Bo Rothstein
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: 30 July 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 0857934929
- ISBN-13: 9780857934925
Book Description
Good Government will prove invaluable for students in political science, public policy and public administration. Researchers in political science and the social sciences, as well as policy analysts working in government, international and independent policy organizations will also find plenty to interest them in this resourceful compendium.
Contributors: E. Andersson, M. Bauhr, N. Charron, C. Dahlstrom, M.A. Fardigh, S. Holmberg, V. Lapuente, S.I. Lindberg, N. Nasiritousi, H. Oscarsson, A. Persson, B. Rothstein, M. Samanni, M. Sjostedt, H.O. Stensota, J. Teorell, L. Wangnerud
Editorial Reviews
Review
– Sheri Berman, Barnard College, US
What is ”Good Government?” Few doubt that it is better to have a ”good government” than a ”bad” one, but few of us have thought carefully about what makes for good government vs. bad. Soren Holmberg and Bo Rothstein’s excellent volume helps fill in this gap. Though this book is more than this, but the focus on corruption is particularly fascinating. We know that corruption is ”bad” but where does it come from? Why are some legislatures more corrupt than others? Why does the media sometimes collude? Why are women less easily corrupted than men? These are just a few of the many fascinating questions this volume explores. Bridging democratic theory, public policy and institutional analysis is one of the first that gives us some practical insight into the obviously important question: what makes some governments ”better” than others?
— Sven Steinmo, European University Institute, Italy
