When state‐level institutions cannot tell the whole story
An inquiry into municipal variations in quality of government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7785876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gissur Ó Erlingsson (0000-0003-2323-9092, Linköping University), Susanne Wallman Lundåsen (0000-0001-9314-9071, Linköping University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-23 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gove.12463 |
| OpenAlex | W2990399735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 46 |
The lion's share of comparative research on corruption, good governance, and quality of government (QoG) has been cross‐country. However, a growing body of literature has begun to explore within‐country variations observed at the subnational level regarding corruption and social trust. The existence of such variations implies that state‐level institutions are not capable of telling the entire story and that quality of subnational‐level institutions might be important determinants of within‐country variations regarding, for instance, trust. This article delves into the Swedish case, an egalitarian country that scores high in international indices on lack of corruption and social trust; hence, a “least likely case” of subnational variations in both QoG and trust. Using two unique data sets, we find variations in both municipal QoG and social trust. In line with theory, we find that “local QoG” is associated with individual levels of community trust. This finding—in a low‐corrupt, high‐trust egalitarian society—strengthens the universality of the QoG‐perspective
Corporate governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Language change · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Quality (philosophy · Social capital · Social trust · Sociology · State (computer science · Universality (dynamical systems · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |