{"product_id":"organizing-leviathan-carl-dahlstrm-9781316630655","title":"Organizing Leviathan: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Making of Good Government","description":"Why are some countries less corrupt and better governed than others? Challenging conventional explanations on the remarkable differences in quality of government worldwide, this book argues that the organization of bureaucracy is an often overlooked but critical factor. Countries where merit-recruited employees occupy public bureaucracies perform better than those where public employees owe their post to political connections. The book provides a coherent theory of why, and ample evidence showing that meritocratic bureaucracies are conducive to lower levels of corruption, higher government effectiveness, and more flexibility to adopt modernizing reforms. Data comes from both a novel dataset on the bureaucratic structures of over 100 countries as well as from narratives of particular countries, with a special focus on the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats in Spain and Sweden. A notable contribution to the literature in comparative politics and public policy on good governance, and to corruption studies more widely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Dahlstr, Victor Lapuente\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 131663065X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316630655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.52w x 0.63d","brand":"Carl Dahlstr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947997593855,"sku":"9781316630655","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ff870f50-55a6-4b85-a59f-419d145e55b5.jpg?v=1681522018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/organizing-leviathan-carl-dahlstrm-9781316630655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}