Bo Rothstein - Böcker

Sedan några årtionden är både liberalism och socialism på stark tillbakagång och utsatta för hård kritik – ofta från nya och oväntade håll. Den svenska demokratin har kommit på obestånd. I sin första populärvetenskapliga bok ger Bo Rothstein...

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Det är svårt att överskatta betydelsen av tillit människor emellan. Fenomenet benämns ofta social tillit inom samhällsforskningen. Utan mellanmänsklig tillit uppstår inga gemenskaper eller utbyten. Det är med tillit som väl fungerande samhällen ka...

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Sedan några årtionden är både liberalism och socialism på stark tillbakagång och utsatta för hård kritik - ofta från nya och oväntade håll. Den svenska demokratin har kommit på obestånd. I sin första populärvetenskapliga bok ger Bo Rothstein läsar...

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Denna bok är resultatet av ett samhällsvetenskapligt forskningsprojekt om de policyprofessionella i svensk politik. Med detta begrepp avses aktörer inom den politiska sfären som inte är förtroendevalda utan anställda för att bedriva politik, till ...

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Demokrati och marknadsekonomi bygger på olika principer men är tätt sammankopplade. För ekonomiskt välstånd är det nödvändigt med samhällseffektiva institutioner. Dessa är dock mycket svåra att upprätta och har endast förekommit i ett litet antal ...

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A 'social trap' is a situation where individuals, groups or organisations are unable to cooperate owing to mutual distrust and lack of social capital, even where cooperation would benefit all. Examples include civil strife, pervasive corruption, e...

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Marknadslösningarna i den svenska välfärden har ökat dramatiskt. Debatten har handlat om ekonomisk effektivitet, men borde handla om demokrati, makt och rättigheter. Kan valfrihet och rättvisa kombineras i en marknadsstyrd välfärd? Vilka av demokr...

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Försämrade statsnanser, ökande kritik mot staten som vill styra och ställa med invånarnas privata sfär, frågan om privatisering av offentliga uppgifter och medborgarnas krav på större valfrihet leder fram till frågan om den generella välfärdspolit...

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Recent research demonstrates that the quality of public institutions is crucial for a number of important environmental, social, economic, and political outcomes, and thereby human well-being. The Quality of Government (QoG) approach directs atten...

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This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control. Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well established in research. This has resulted in a stark...

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This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control. Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well established in research. This has resulted in a stark...

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This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control.

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This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control.

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The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed and developing countries. While it's clear that low-quality government...

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The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed and developing countries. While it's clear that low-quality gover...

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A 'social trap' is a situation where individuals, groups or organisations are unable to cooperate owing to mutual distrust and lack of social capital, even where cooperation would benefit all. Examples include civil strife, pervasive corruption, e...

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In this book Bo Rothstein seeks to defend the universal welfare state against a number of important criticisms which it has faced in recent years. He combines genuine philosophical analysis of normative issues concerning what the state ought to do...

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A 'social trap' is a situation where individuals, groups or organisations are unable to cooperate owing to mutual distrust and lack of social capital, even where cooperation would benefit all. Examples include civil strife, pervasive corruption, e...

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Bo Rothstein examines the experience of the Sweedish Social Democratic Party, otherwise known as the SAP, to analyze the limits a social democratic government labors under and the possibilities it enjoys in using the state to implement large-scale...

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In all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Problems like high infant mortality, lack of access to safe water, unhappiness and poverty are not primarily caused by a lack ...

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In this book the authors tackle the concept of 'quality of government' (QoG) both conceptually and empirically and apply their focus to EU countries and regions. In a pioneering empirical effort, they map out regional QoG for the first time for 17...

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Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimens...

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Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimens...

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Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimens...

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Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimens...

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In all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Problems like high infant mortality, lack of access to safe water, unhappiness and poverty are not primarily caused by a lack ...

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In this book the authors tackle the concept of 'quality of government' (QoG) both conceptually and empirically and apply their focus to EU countries and regions. In a pioneering empirical effort, they map out regional QoG for the first time for 17...

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Political corruption is a problem as old as society itself. As a fixture of political science and related disciplines, however, it is new and rapidly-developing, having only received very modest coverage until the late 1990s. The recent shattering...

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Det statsvetenskapliga forskningsprogrammet The Quality of Government Institute at University of Gothenburg tilldelades anslag av Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond år 2007. Programmets forskare kan visa att korrupta, inkompetenta och på annat s...

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Bo Rothstein är idag en av Sveriges ledande stats¿vetare. Hans avhandling, Den socialdemokratiska staten, blev startskottet för hans tre uppmärksammade arbeten om den moderna staten. I denna bok, som Arkiv förlag nu återutger, finns utgångspunkten...

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