Description: Organizing Leviathan : Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Making of Good Government, Hardcover by Dahlström, Carl; Lapuente, Victor, ISBN 1107177596, ISBN-13 9781107177598, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Why are some countries less corrupt and better governed than others? Challenging conventional explanations on the remarkable differences in quality of government across the globe, this book argues that the organization of bureaucracy is an often overlooked but critical factor. Countries where merit-recruited employees occupy public bureaucracies perform better than those where public employees owe their post to political connections. Th provides a coherent theory of why, and ample evidence showingthat meritocratic bureaucracies are conducive to lower levels of corruption, higher government effectiveness, and more flexibility to adopt modernizing reforms. Data comes from both a novel dataset on the bureaucratic structures of over 100 countries as well as from narratives of particular countries, with a special focus on the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats in Spain and Sweden. A notable contribution to the literature in comparative politics and public policy on good governance, and to corruption studies more widely"--
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Book Title: Organizing Leviathan : Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Making o
Number of Pages: 270 Pages
Publication Name: Organizing Leviathan : Politicians, Bureaucrats and the Making of Good Government
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Corruption & Misconduct, Public Affairs & Administration, General, Comparative Politics
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Carl Dahlström, Víctor Lapuente
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
