“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: García Portilla, Jason (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XXXVI, 407 p. 38 illus., 36 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Contributions to Economics,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Research Setting
  • Part II: Conceptual Framework
  • 3. The Outcome (Criterion Variables)
  • 4. Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A)
  • 5. Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories Explaining Prosperity Differences (B), (C), (D), (E)
  • Part III: Theoretical Foundations
  • 6. Corruption and Religion (A), (B), (1)
  • 7. Prosperity and Religion (A), (B), (1)
  • 8. Institutions, Corruption/Prosperity, and Religion (A), (B), (D), (1), (3), (6)
  • 9. Education, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2)
  • 10. Culture, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2)
  • 11. Language and Religion
  • 12. Environment/Geography and Prosperity/Transparency (E), (4), (7)
  • Part IV: Research Paradigms, Methodology, and Research Design
  • 13. Applied Research Paradigms
  • 14. Methodology
  • Part V: Empirical Results
  • 15. Component 1 (Macro): Quantitative (Regression) Analysis
  • 16. Component 2 (Meso): Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
  • Part VI: Component 3 (Micro)
  • 17. Case Selection Criteria, Methods, and Data Treatment
  • 18. a) Switzerland: Extreme Positive Case Study (Worldwide)
  • 19. b) Uruguay: Extreme Positive Case Study (Latin America)
  • 20. c) Cuba: A Sui Generis Case Study (Communist proxy)
  • 21. d) Colombia: Extreme Negative Case Study
  • 22. Summary Overview of the Four Case Studies
  • Part VII: Discussion and Conclusions
  • 23. Integrative Conclusions
  • 24. Other Considerations
  • 25. Concluding Remarks.