Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States
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Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States
By (Author) Erin Metz McDonnell
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
12th May 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Regional, state and other local government policies
Sociology
Development economics and emerging economies
Economic systems and structures
351.1724
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly more effective and public oriented than the rest. Why Patchwork Leviathan explains how a few spectacularly effective state organizations manage to thrive amid general institutional weakness and succe
Reviews
"Winner of the EGOS Book Award, European Group for Organizational Studies"
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An excellent and refreshingly new look at state capacity that should be a must read for scholars
of political sociology, development sociology, comparative politics, public policy, and good governance in less developed countries.
Author Bio
Erin Metz McDonnell is Kellogg Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Her award-winning work has appeared in the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, and Comparative Political Studies.
