Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Margit Tavits

Corruption, Accountability, and Clarity of Responsibility

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781107127647
• ISBN-10: 1107127645
• Artikelnr.: 44125003

Autorenporträt

Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Rice University, Houston and her work focuses on institutions and presidential systems with a regional focus on Latin America and developing democracies. She has published her work in the American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, British Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies and Legislative Studies Quarterly. She has published two books, Political Power and Women's Representation in Latin America and The Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions: Political Engagement and Participation.

Inhaltsangabe

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.