Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption

ISBN-13: 9781107566927 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 218 str.

Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer; Margit Tavits

Opis

The book argues that clarity of responsibility increases accountability and decreases corruption levels in democracies tested empirically.

Recenzje

'Schwindt-Bayer and Margit Tavits have produced an excellent book on the obviously-important topic of corruption. They have offered a powerful theory about how clarity of responsibility shapes the incentives for elites to pursue corrupt practices and voters to hold them accountable. They provide an accessible example of how researchers can use a multi-method approach to thoroughly test a new theory and to overcome data limitations. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the causes and consequences of corruption.' Guy D. Whitten, Texas A & M University

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. A clarity of responsibility theory of corruption; 3. A dataset of democracy and corruption; 4. Clarity of responsibility and aggregate corruption perceptions; 5. Corruption voting - a survey analysis; 6. Corruption and accountability - an experimental analysis; 7. The effect of clarity on elite efforts to combat corruption; 8. Beyond anticorruption efforts - elite attention to corruption; 9. Conclusions.