Browsing by Author "Sundell, Anders"
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Delivering Stability: Primogeniture and autocratic survival in European monarchies 1000-1800
Kokkonen, Andrej; Sundell, Anders (2012-04)Despite being the probably most common form of political rule in history, monarchies remain understudied in terms of how constitutional arrangements affect leader survival. In this paper, we examine if the principle of ... -
Hits close to home: Shootings and support for the Sweden Democrats
Sundell, Anders (2020-12)Do instances of public gun violence increase support for Radical Right Parties? Using a pseudo-experimental design, this study investigates the impact of shootings in Sweden 2011-2018 on support for the Sweden Democrats. ... -
Impartiality and Corruption in Sweden
Dahlström, Carl; Sundell, Anders (2013-10)This paper presents data on corruption and impartiality from a unique survey with local politicians in Sweden, which includes answers from about 78 percent of the 13 361 politicians active in the 290 Swedish municipalities. ... -
Legalize It: An argument for formalizing petty corruption wen state capacity is low
Sundell, Anders (2012-03)Corruption in the form of informal payments to bureaucrats for public services are a major problem around the world. There are however few theories of how countries can get rid of corruption. I argue that petty corruption ... -
Losing gamble: Mainstream parties' failed strategy to counter anti-immigrant parties
Dahlström, Carl; Sundell, Anders (2011-03)The emergence of anti-immigrant parties in Western Europe has provoked very different responses from mainstream parties. Some have tried to counter the antiimmigrant parties, while others have tried to recapture lost voters ... -
Nepotism and Meritocracy
Sundell, Anders (2014-12)Despite the crucial importance of a well-functioning and impartial public administration for growth and well-being, we know little of how such bureaucracies can be created, and why elites allow them to be. One reason for ... -
Public Administration and Corruption – How To Get the Institutions That Work
Sundell, Anders (2015-05-07)Corruption is a global problem, impacting on both economic and human development. The last few decades, social science research has paid increasing attention to the problem, but rit emains limited in many aspects, not least ... -
Responsiveness and models of representation
Persson, Mikael; Sundell, Anders (2022-06)Researchontheopinion-policylinkhasshownthatthereisaconnectionbetween public preferencesandimplementedpolicy,albeitbiasedtowardsthepreferencesof the a uent.Wearguethatweneedtolooknotonlytheincomebias,butalsoatthe polit ... -
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: less stimulating in corrupt states
Sundell, Anders (2010-12)The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was an attempt to “jump-start the economy to create and save jobs” by inducing state spending on an enormous scale. 787 billion US dollars were allocated to the act, ... -
The King is Dead: Political Succession and War in Europe, 1000–1799
Kokkonen, Andrej; Sundell, Anders (2017-09) -
What is the Best Way to Recruit Public Servants?
Sundell, Anders (2012-08)What is the best way to recruit public servants? Governments all over the world have the last decades pondered that question, as parts of increasing attempts to reform civil services and public administrations. Two opposing ...