Social Capital and the Quality of Government : Evidence from the United States

Social Capital and the Quality of Government : Evidence from the United States

Social capital - in the form of general trust and strong civi norms that call for cooperation when large-scale collective action is needed - can improve government performance in three ways: 1) It can broaden government accountability, making gover...

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Main Author: Knack, Stephen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
CIVIC CULTURE
CLIENT SATISFACTION
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
COMPETITION POLICY
CONSENSUS
DATA COLLECTION
DEBT
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EQUATIONS
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL AUDITS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL
FISCAL CRISES
FORECASTS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
GOVERNMENT TRUST
GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INEFFICIENCY
LEGISLATORS
LEGISLATURE
LIBERALISM
LOBBYING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
NATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY MAKING
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ELITES
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICIANS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC ISSUES
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RECIPROCITY
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CAPITAL INDEX
SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS
SOCIAL CLEAVAGES
SOCIAL TRUST
STATE FUNDING
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE INCOME
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
TAXATION
VOTERS
VOTING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/828289/social-capital-quality-government-evidence-states
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19750

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/828289/social-capital-quality-government-evidence-states
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19750

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