Introduction: political science and the importance of good government. -- Defining and measuring quality of government. -- Public administration around the world. -- Need or greed corruption? -- Impartiallity and the need for a public ethics of care. -- In democracy we trust, but how much? -- Press freedom and corruption. -- Weberian bureaucracy and corruption prevention. -- Do international organizations promote quality of government? -- State legitimacy and the corruptibility of leaders. -- Legislators and variation in quality of government. -- Why women are less corrupt than men. -- Rethinking the nature of the grabbing hand. -- Part of the solution. -- Access to safe water. -- Happiness.

1. Political sociology
2. Public administration
3. Political science