Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law: The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life Corruption flouts rules of fairness and gives some people advantages that others don't have. Uslaner argues that high inequality leads to low trust and high corruption, and then to more inequality-an inequality trap and identifies direct li
| TITLE | : | Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law: The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.84 (551 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0521145643 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 360 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2010-04-12 |
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Corruption flouts rules of fairness and gives some people advantages that others don't have. Corruption is persistent; there is little evidence that countries can escape the curse of corruption easily-or at all. Instead of focusing on institutional reform, Uslaner suggests that the roots of corruption lie in economic and legal inequality and low levels of generalized trust (which are not readily changed) and poor policy choices (which may be more likely to change). Economic inequality provides a fertile breeding ground for corruption-and, in turn, it leads to further inequalities. Just as corruption is persistent, inequality and trust do not change much over time in my cross-national aggregate analyses. Uslaner argues that high inequality leads to low trust and high corruption, and then to more inequality-an inequality trap and identifies direct linkages between inequality and trust in s
EDITORIAL :
"One cannot help but be impressed by the scope of quantitative econometric analysis presented, both within the text and in the appendices. the presence of such analysis is a clear and bold merit of the book. Indeed, it makes it an unparalleled source of information to which a graduate student or a scholar may turn not just for excellent analytical points, but for the results of data analysis as well." - Ararat L. Osipian, Demokratizatsiya
"Eric M. Uslaner presents a statistical but nuanced take on corruption across nations and political groupingsUslaner makes an effective and well-supported argument." International Law and Politics, April Gu
REVIEW :
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