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BL
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653851
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| Main Entry
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Rothstein, Bo,1954-
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| Title & Author
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The quality of government : : corruption, social trust, and inequality in international perspective /\ Bo Rothstein
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago ;London :: University of Chicago Press,, c2011
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xiii, 285 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780226729565 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226729567 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780226729572 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0226729575 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-263)and index
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| Contents
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What is quality of government? -- Quality of government: what you get -- Corruption: the killing fields -- Creating political legitimacy: representative democracy versus quality of government -- Curbing corruption: the indirect "big bang" approach -- Quality of government and the welfare state -- The low trust-corruption-inequality trap -- Quality of government and social trust: two experiments -- The tale of two countries: democratic Jamaica versus high quality of government Singapore -- Preventing societies from self-destructing
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Political corruption
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Quality of life-- Political aspects
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1/323
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| LC Classification
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JF1081.R684 2011
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JF1081.R684 2011
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