UID:
almahu_9949383635402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781315536910
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1315536919
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9781134994588
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1134994583
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9781134994724
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1134994729
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9781134994656
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1134994656
Series Statement:
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser.
Content:
"Governance matters for social welfare. Better governed countries are richer, happier, and have fewer social and environment problems. Good governance implies that public sector agents act impartially. It manifests itself in the form of equality before the law, an independent and professional public administration, and the control of corruption. This book considers how economic inequality - both interpersonal and inter-ethnic - can affect the quality of governance. To this end, it will bring together insights from three different perspectives. First, a long-run historical one that exploits anthropological data on pre-industrial societies. Second, based on experimental work conducted by social psychologists and experimental economists. Third, through cross-country empirical analysis drawn from a large sample of contemporary societies. The long-run perspective relates the inequality-governance relationship to societal responses in the face of uncertainty - responses that persist today in the guise of cultural traits that vary across countries. The experimental evidence deepens our understanding of human behavior in unequal settings and in different governance contexts. Together, the long-run perspective and the experimental evidence help inform the cross-country analysis of the impact of economic inequality on governance. This analysis suggests the importance of both economic inequality and culture for the quality of governance and yields several policy implications"--
Note:
1. Concepts, measures and correlations; 2. Insights from the past; 3. Insights from social psychology and behavioural economics; 4. Economic inequality and governance in contemporary societies; 5. Culture, economic inequality and governance
Additional Edition:
Print version: Kyriacou, Andreas. Inequality and governance London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 ISBN 9781138690509
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315536910
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315536910
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