Reputation-based governance / Lucio Picci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Picci, Lucio, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning.

Reputation--Political aspects.

Reputation.

Internet in public administration.

Transparency (Ethics) in government.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford Economics and Finance, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It would be easy to cheat someone on eBay. However, an essential characteristic of the site prevents this from happening: buyer and seller reviews form what amounts to an ""index of reputation."" The availability of such an index provides a strong incentive to be an honest trader. Reputation-Based Governance melds concepts from businesses like eBay with politics. Author Lucio Picci uses interdisciplinary tools to argue that the intelligent use of widely available Internet technologies can strengthen reputational mechanisms and significantly improve public governance. Base

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Reputation and Trust; 3. Reputation and Good Public Governance; 4. Entities, Roles, and Functions of Reputation-Based Governance; 5. Computing Measures of Reputation; 6. The Production of Statistical Information and the Analysis of Policies; 7. Managing Policies: Accountability, Rent-Seeking, and Corruption; 8. Applications of Reputation-Based Governance; 9. Interdependence Between the Choice and Execution of Policies; 10. Reputation-Based Democratic Participation; 11. Final Considerations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804777438

0804777438

OCLC:

719377476