Department of Political Science / Statsvetenskapliga institutionen: Recent submissions
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The Impact of Quality of Government as Impartiality: Theory and Evidence
(2009-11)In this paper I argue that Rothstein and Teorell’s (2008) concept of impartiality helps to integrate four conspicuously disparate strands in the literature on consequences of government institutions: the literatures on ... -
Social Protection Strategies in Efficient and Inefficient States
(2009-12)It is well known that social and labor market policies vary greatly among the advanced industrialized countries, not just in terms of overall spending but also in terms of the allocation of resources across different ... -
Hidden Treasure or Sinking Ship? Diagnosing the Study of Political Leadership
(2009-12)The study of leadership leads a rather languishing life in the discipline of political science. In this article, we explore the literature on political leadership in order to 1) identify the obstacles that have prevented ... -
Driving Forces behind Gender Equality - A Cross-Country Comparison
(2009-12)There is a growing body of research acknowledging the lack of good cross-country comparisons that contribute to the understanding of what drives change in society, i.e. what make some countries more gender equal than ... -
Exploring the Impact of Foreign Aid on Corruption: Has the 'Anti-Corruption' Aid been Effective?
(2009-12)Though many studies have referred to an ‘anti-corruption movement’ beginning in the 1990’s by major international organizations, none has empirically tested its effectiveness on corruption. The data show that from 1997 ... -
The Immigration Issue and Anti-Immigrant Party Success: Is Sweden the Odd Case Out?
(2009-12)The handling of the immigration issue by established parties and the electoral success of anti-immigrant parties are closely linked. Comparative research on anti-immigrant parties argues that articulation of the immigration ... -
Corruption, Happiness, Social Trust and the Welfare State: A Causal Mechanisms Approach
(2010-04)Does a more generous welfare state make people happier and increase their life satisfaction? Available empirical research gives a clear and positive answer to this question. This goes counter to many arguments that the ... -
Civil War Spain versus Swedish Harmony: The Quality of Government Factor
(2010-04)In 1936, while Sweden gave birth to one of the most peaceful solutions to class conflict (i.e. the Neo-Corporatist Welfare State) with the iconic signature of the Saltsjöbaden Accord, Spain gave birth to the most violent ... -
Which Dictators Produce Quality of Government?
(2010-05)This study deals with the effects of authoritarian regimes on state capacity or the quality of government (QoG): do some types of dictatorship (military, monarchy, single-party or personalist) perform better than others? ... -
No Law without a State
(2010-05)There is a large and growing interest in the prevailing cross-country differences many well-functioning institutions, such as judicial independence and high quality laws, and desirable social outcomes, such as a low ... -
Dimensions of Bureaucracy: A Cross-National Dataset on the Structure and Behavior of Public Administration
(2010-06)Scholars have emphasized the importance of having a “Weberian bureaucracy” for the socio-economic development of a country, but few attempts have been made to measure public administrations according to their degree of ... -
Transparency and Its Discontents: How IO Transparency Influences Domestic Resistance to Government Reforms
(2010-06)How do international organizations influence domestic transparency? Studies typically contend that in order to be instrumental in promoting good government institutions, international organizations have to embody these ... -
Seeing the State: The Implications of Transparency for Societal Accountability
(2010-06)International organizations and NGOs promote transparency as a necessary condition for enhancing accountability and curbing corruption. Transparency is predicted to deter corruption in part by increasing the opportunities ... -
Quality of Government and Quality of Water
(2010-06)According to a conservative estimation by the World Health Organization, 1.2 billion people lack access to sufficient quantities of safe water, and 2,6 billion people are without adequate sanitation. Consequently, 80 ... -
Are Swing Voters Instruments of Democracy or Farmers of Clientelism? Evidence from Ghana
(2010-06)This paper is one of the first to systematically address the question of whether strength of ethnic identity, political parties’ candidates campaign strategies, poverty, or evaluation of clientelism versus collective/public ... -
Variation in Corruption Between Mexican States Elaborating the Gender Perspective
(2010-06)Dollar et al. (2001) sparked off research on gender and corruption. They showed, in a cross-country comparative study, that a high number of women in elected office is related to a low level of corruption. Whether there ... -
The Failure of Anti-Corruption Policies: A Theoretical Mischaracterization of the Problem
(2010-06)With an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of corruption on development, strategies to fight it are now a top priority in policy circles around the world. Since Africa is home to most of the thoroughly corrupt ... -
A Quality of Government Peace? Bringing the State Back Into the Study of Inter-State Armed Conflict
(2010-09)Domestically, democracy or democratization has not proved as successful in bringing about preferred economic and social consequences as has “good governance” and quality of government. Within the field of international ... -
Mapping Quality of Government in the European Union: A Study of National and Sub-National Variation
(2010-12)This study maps-out the variation in quality of government (‘QoG’ - e.g. low levels or corruption, protection of the rule of law, government effectiveness and accountability) for the national and regional level in the ...