UID:
almafu_9959235816602883
Format:
1 online resource (240 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8047-7743-8
Content:
It would be easy to cheat someone on eBay. However, an essential characteristic of the site prevents this from happening: buyer and seller reviews form what amounts to an ""index of reputation."" The availability of such an index provides a strong incentive to be an honest trader. Reputation-Based Governance melds concepts from businesses like eBay with politics. Author Lucio Picci uses interdisciplinary tools to argue that the intelligent use of widely available Internet technologies can strengthen reputational mechanisms and significantly improve public governance. Base
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Reputation and Trust; 3. Reputation and Good Public Governance; 4. Entities, Roles, and Functions of Reputation-Based Governance; 5. Computing Measures of Reputation; 6. The Production of Statistical Information and the Analysis of Policies; 7. Managing Policies: Accountability, Rent-Seeking, and Corruption; 8. Applications of Reputation-Based Governance; 9. Interdependence Between the Choice and Execution of Policies; 10. Reputation-Based Democratic Participation; 11. Final Considerations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8047-7329-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780804777438
