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Author:   Helena Stensöta ,  Lena Wängnerud
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2018 ed.
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9783319709284

ISBN 10:   3319709283
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   06 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section I Introduction.- Chapter 1 Why Expect a Link between Gender and Corruption?; Helena O. Stensöta and Lena Wängnerud.- Chapter 2 The Historic Roots of Quality of Government: The Role of Gender Equality; Amy C. Alexander.- Chapter 3 Corruption, Gender Equality and Meritocracy; Bo Rothstein.- Section II  Citizens and the Electoral Arena; Chapter 4 Gender and Citizen Responses to Corruption among Politicians: The U.S. and Brazil.- Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Justin Esarey and Erika Schumacher.- Chapter 5 Why Do Some Voters Prefer Female Candidates? The Role of Perceived Incorruptibility in Arab Elections; Lindsay J. Benstead and Ellen Lust.- Chapter 6 Gender Quotas and the Re(pro)duction of Corruption; Elin Bjarnegård, Mi Yung Yoon and Pär Zetterberg.- Section III Engendering the Bureaucracy.- Chapter 7 Corruption and Female Representation in the Bureaucracy; Helena O. Stensöta.- Chapter 8 Is Women’s Political Representation Beneficial for Women’s Interests in Authoritarian Contexts? Theory and Evidence from Post-Soviet Russia; Marina Nistotskaya and Helena O. Stensöta.- Section IV Gender, Change, and Corruption.- Chapter 9 Does Gender Matter? Female Politicians’ Engagement in Anti-Corruption Efforts; Amy C. Alexander and Andreas Bågenholm.- Chapter 10 Gender and Corruption in Mexico. Building a Theory on Conditioned Causality; Marcia Grimes and Lena Wängnerud.- Chapter 11 Gender Aspects of Government Auditing; Mattias Agerberg, Maria Gustavson, Aksel Sundström, and Lena Wängnerud.- Section V New Avenues for Research.- Chapter 12 Corruption as Exploitation. Feminist Exchange Theories and the Link between Gender and Corruption; Helen Lindberg and Helena O. Stensöta.- Chapter 13 Focusing on Masculinity and Male-dominated Networks in Corruption; Elin Bjarnegård.- Chapter 14  Final Thoughts: Taking stock and reflections on ways forward; Helena O. Stensöta.

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Helena Stensöta is Associate Professor at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Lena Wängnerud is Professor at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 

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