Browsing by Author "Grimes, Marcia"
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Allmänhetens inställning till den nya Västkustbanan: Resultat från enkätstudie 2000
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Contestation or Complicity: Civil Society as Antidote or Accessory to Political Corruption
Grimes, Marcia (2008-04)Corruption interferes with and distorts the political and implementation processes, often to the disadvantage of the already disadvantaged. Yet our understanding of the factors that might propel a political system from ... -
Curbing Corruption through Social Welfare Program? The effects of Mexico's conditional cash transfer program on good government
Grimes, Marcia; Wängnerud, Lena (2009-05)Conditional cash transfer programs, an innovation in social welfare administration, have shown tremendous promise as a means of enhancing human capital and reducing leakage of public resources through corruption. While ... -
Democracy´s Infrastructure. The Role of Procedural Fairness in Fostering Consent
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Disruptive Protests and Bureaucratic Structures in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cornell, Agnes; Grimes, Marcia (2014-05)The paper examines why citizens in some democracies engage in disruptive political actions to a larger extent than in other countries. Our hypothesis adds to previous research that focuses on individual factors, representational ... -
G-FORS Governance for Sustainability. National Case Study Report – Sweden
Johansson, Folke; Niklasson, Birgitta; Norén Bretzer, Ylva; Grimes, Marcia (School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2008) -
Good Government in Mexico: The Relevance of the Gender Perspective
Grimes, Marcia; Wängnerud, Lena (2012-10)A number of studies explore the link between gender and good government, and confirm the cor-relation first observed by Dollar et al (2001): the number of women in elected office is related to levels of corruption. These ... -
Introducing Uncertainty: Community Driven Development and Local Collective Action Capacity
Boräng, Frida; Grimes, Marcia; Ahlborg, Helene (2022-12)In areas with entrenched poverty and weak state presence, community driven development (CDD) initia-tives aim to secure the provision of services such as water, waste water and electricity, while engaging the community as ... -
Logics of Action: How state institutions may undergird or undermine participatory development
Ahlborg, Helene; Boräng, Frida; Grimes, Marcia (2023-03)Participatory development has strong normative appeal. In areas with entrenched poverty and poor public service provision, participatory initiatives are predicted to empower otherwise silent members of a demos, improve ... -
Political Will for Anti-Corruption Reform: Communicative pathways to collective action in Ukraine
Keudel, Oleksandra; Grimes, Marcia; Huss, Oksana (2023-03)The importance of political will to bring about institutional reform to reduce corruption is universally rec-ognized, but little is known about when and how it emerges. This paper examines six local settings which exhibit ... -
Seeing the State: The Implications of Transparency for Societal Accountability
Bauhr, Monika; Grimes, Marcia; Harring, Niklas (2010-06)International organizations and NGOs promote transparency as a necessary condition for enhancing accountability and curbing corruption. Transparency is predicted to deter corruption in part by increasing the opportunities ... -
The conditions of successful civil society involvement in combating corruption: A survey of case study evidence
Grimes, Marcia (2008-10)Corruption interferes with and distorts the political and implementation processes, often to the disadvantage of the already disadvantaged. Yet our understanding of the factors that might propel a political system from ... -
What is Government Transparency? New Measures and Relevance for Quality of Government
Bauhr, Monika; Grimes, Marcia (2012-12)As policymakers and researchers focus increasing attention on the importance of government transparency for accountability and good governance more generally, the demand for greater conceptual clarity and authoritative ...