Good government : the relevance of political science / edited by Sor̈en Holmberg and Bo Rothstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Political science and the importance of good government / Sor̈en Holmberg and Bo Rothstein -- Part I: What it is. Defining and measuring quality of government / Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell -- Public administration around the world / Carl Dahlstrom̈, Victor Lapuente and Jan Teorell -- Need or greed corruption? / Monika Bauhr -- Impartiality and the need for a public ethics of care / Helena Olofsdotter Stensoẗa -- Part II: How to get it. In democracy we trust, but how much? / Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente -- Press freedom and corruption / Mathias A. Far̈digh, Emma Andersson and Henrik Oscarsson -- Weberian bureaucracy and corruption prevention / Carl Dahlstrom̈ and Victor Lapuente -- Do international organizations promote quality of government? / Monika Bauhr and Naghmeh Nasiritousi -- State legitimacy and the corruptibility of leaders / Anna Persson and Martin Sjos̈tedt -- Legislators and variation in quality of government / Staffan I. Lindberg -- Why women are less corrupt than men / Lena Wan̈gnerud -- Rethinking the nature of the grabbing hand / Anna Persson, Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell -- Part III: What you get. Part of the solution / Sor̈en Holmberg, Bo Rothstein and Naghmeh Nasiritousi -- Access to safe water / Sor̈en Holmberg and Bo Rothstein -- Happiness / Marcus Samanni and Sor̈en Holmberg.

This work shows that research in political science does not always shy away from the big questions.