{"product_id":"inequality-and-governance-9781138690509","title":"Inequality and Governance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernance matters for social welfare. Better governed countries are richer, happier and have fewer social and environmental problems. Good governance implies that public sector agents act impartially. It manifests itself in the form of equality before the law, an independent and professional public administration and the control of corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book considers how economic inequality  both interpersonal and interethnic  can affect the quality of governance. To this end, it brings together insights from three different perspectives. First, a long-run historical one that exploits anthropological data on pre-industrial societies. Second, based on experimental work conducted by social psychologists and behavioural economists. Third, through cross-country empirical analysis drawn from a large sample of contemporary societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe long-run perspective relates the inequality-governance relationship to societal responses in the face of uncertainty  responses that persist tod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of figures. List of tables. Acknowledgements.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction. \u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Concepts, measures and correlations. \u003cstrong\u003e3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Insights from the past \u003cstrong\u003e4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Insights from social psychology and behavioural economics. \u003cstrong\u003e5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Economic inequality and governance in contemporary societies. \u003cstrong\u003e6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Culture, economic inequality and governance. \u003cstrong\u003e7. \u003c\/strong\u003eConclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix. References. Index.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577840931159,"sku":"9781138690509","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138690509.jpg?v=1746096892","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inequality-and-governance-9781138690509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}