Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government / Executive Politics and Governance (PDF)

Mattias Agerberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Andreas Bågenholm, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and the Program Manager for the Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Nicholas Charron, Associate Professor, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School and the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Agnes Cornell, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, Denmark
Stefan Dahlberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Carl Dahlström, Professor at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Michelle D'Arcy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Marcia Grimes, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Sören Holmberg, Professor Emeritus in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Philip Keefer, Principal Advisor of the Institutions for Development Department of the Inter-American Development Bank
Spyros Kosmidis, Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Methods, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK
Victor Lapuente, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Ulrika Möller, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science,University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Petrus Olander, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Anna Persson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Leonid Polishchuk, Economics Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University, USA
Bo Rothstein, August Röhss Chair in Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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'Elites, Institutions and Quality of Government focuses on the critical obstacle in democratic politics: constraining actors who value their own interests over those of society. Dahlström and Wängnerud's outstanding contribution moves at a rapid pace through the data on the quality of government, corruption, property rights, and gender equality.' Andy Whitford, Alexander M. Crenshaw Professor of Public Policy, University of Georgia, USA

'This book tackles the important question of why the quality of government varies so much across the globe. The authors employ a diverse set of approaches to explore how elites contribute to (or detract from) the quality of government. The volume is comprised of chapters at the research frontier and will be read by those interested in how the interaction of key historical, institutional, and economic factors contribute to good governance.' David E. Lewis, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA

'This is an excellent book both theoretically, methodologically and empirically. It addresses the important question of how the level of democracy and the quality of government effects the development of a good society. It gives new insights on how institutions constrain elites from destructive and corrupt behavior.' Per Lægreid, Professor in the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway