Table of Contents

Andreas Bågenholm, Monika Bauhr, Marcia Grimes and Bo Rothstein: Introduction: Quality of Government: Why - What - How
Part I: Theory and Conceptualization
1: Bo Rothstein: Quality of Government: Theory and Conceptualization
2: Alina Mungiu-Pippidi: The Universalization of Ethical Universalism
3: Nikolas Kirby & Jonathan Wolf: 'Quality of Government': A Philosophical Assessment
4: Janine Wedel: Shadow Elites: Beyond Institutional Corruption Theory and Ill-conceived Anti-Corruption Regimes. Toward A New Research Agenda
Part II: Data and methodological Approaches
5: Nicholas Charron: Measuring the Unmeasurable? Taking Stock of QoG Measures
6: Eliska Drapalova: Down-To-Earth: What Can We Learn From Local Case Studies?
7: Mark Knights: What We Can Learn About Corruption From Historical Case Studies?
8: Davide Torsello: The Ethnographic Study of Corruption
Part III: Democracy, Accountability, and Participation
9: Monika Bauhr and Marcia Grimes: Democracy and the Quality of Government
10: Andreas Bågenholm: Corruption Voting and Electoral Accountability
11: Jonas Linde and Stefan Dahlberg: Quality of Government and Political Support
12: Philip Keefer, Carlos Scartascini, and Razvan Vlaicu: Trust, Populism, and the Quality of Government
13: Frida Boräng and Marcia Grimes: Social Accountability and Quality of Government: Effectiveness and Recursive Effects
14: Donatella della Porta and Alice Mattoni: Civil Society Against Corruption
15: Georgios Xezonakis and Stephen Dawson: Electoral Rules and Corruption: A Meta-Analysis
Part IV: Sustainability and Development
16: Jong-sung You: Inequality and Corruption
17: Pelle Ahlerup, Thushyanthan Baskaran, and Arne Bigsten: The Quality of Government and Economic Growth
18: Petrus Olander: Economic Diversification, Homogeneity of Interests and the Impartiality of Government
19: Marina Povitkina and Simon Matti: Quality of Government and Environmental Sustainability
20: Eric Uslaner: Inequality, Education, and Corruption
Part V: International Policies and Global Strategies
21: Simone Dietrich and Matthew S. Winters: Foreign Aid and Quality of Government
22: Francis Fukuyama and Francesca Recanatini: Corruption, Elites and Power: An Overview of International Policy Efforts to Improve the Quality of Government
23: Mathis Lohaus and Ellen Gutterman: International Efforts to Combat Corruption
24: Michael Johnston: Controlling Corruption: Institutional Strategies
Part VI: Diversity, Social Cohesion, and Well-Being
25: Peter Thisted Dinesen and Kim Mannemar Sønderskov: Quality of Government and Social Trust
26: Amy C. Alexander: Gender, Gender Equality, and Corruption: A Review of Theory and Evidence
27: Anna Persson: Bringing Politics Back In: Ethnic Fractionalization, Quality of Government, and Public Goods Provision Revisited
28: John Helliwell, Haifang Huang, and Shun Wang: Happiness and the Quality of Government
29: Ruth Carlitz and Ellen Lust: Governance Beyond the State: Social Institutions and Service Delivery
Part VII: State Structure and Policy
30: Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente: Bureaucracy and Government Quality
31: Erin Metz McDonnell and Luiz Vilaça: Pockets of Effectiveness and Islands of Integrity: Variation in Quality of Government Within Central State Administrations
32: Robert I. Rotberg: Improving Governance in Tightly Controlled Societies: The Importance of Transformational Leadership
33: Steven M. Karceski and Edgar Kiser: Taxation and the Quality of Government
34: Staffan Kumlin: Quality of Government and Welfare State Support
Part VIII: State Building and Breakdown
35: Sheri Berman: The Challenge of State Building in Historical Perspective: How States are Built Critically Affects Political Development and Quality of Government
36: Michelle D'Arcy and Marina Nistotskaya: State Capacity, Quality of Government, Sequencing and Development Outcomes
37: Annekatrin Deglow and Hanne Fjelde: The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict
38: Leslie Holmes: Organized Crime and the Quality of Government

About the Author

Andreas Bågenholm is Senior Lecturer and a Research Fellow at the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute, University of Gothenburg. Andreas Bågenholm's research focuses on electoral accountability and corruption. Bågenholm has published his work in several peer-reviewed journals, such as Electoral Studies, West European Politics and Public Choice. Monika Bauhr is Associate Professor of Political Science and a Research Fellow at
the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute, University of Gothenburg. She is currently a visitng scholar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. Her most recent work appears in journals such as the
International Studies Quarterly, Global Environmental Politics, Governance, the European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy and Comparative Political Studies. Marcia Grimes is Associate Professor of Political Science and a Research Fellow at the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute, University of Gothenburg. She has published in numerous journals such as Governance, the
Journal of Politics and the European Journal of Political Research. Bo Rothstein holds the August Röhss Chair in Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Together with Sören Holmberg, he founded the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute, University
of Gothenburg. His publications include Controlling Corruption (OUP, 2021), Making Sense of Corruption (with Aiysha Varraich, CUP, 2017), and Restructuring the Welfare State (with Sven Steinmo, Palgrave, 2002).