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The Historical Roots of Corruption - Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity (Hardcover)
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The Historical Roots of Corruption - Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity (Hardcover)
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Why does corruption persist over long periods of time? Why is it so
difficult to eliminate? Suggesting that corruption is deeply rooted
in the underlying social and historical political structures of a
country, Uslaner observes that there is a powerful statistical
relationship between levels of mass education in 1870 and
corruption levels in 2010 across 78 countries. He argues that an
early introduction of universal education is shown to be linked to
levels of economic equality and to efforts to increase state
capacity. Societies with more equal education gave citizens more
opportunities and power for opposing corruption, whilst the need
for increased state capacity was a strong motivation for the
introduction of universal education in many countries. Evidence for
this argument is presented from statistical models, case studies
from Northern and Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, the
United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as a
discussions of how some countries escaped the 'trap' of corruption.
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