“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas /
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| 總結: | XXXVI, 407 p. 38 illus., 36 illus. in color. text |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2022.
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| 版: | 1st ed. 2022. |
| 叢編: | Contributions to Economics,
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| 在線閱讀: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0 |
| 格式: | 電子 圖書 |
書本目錄:
- 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.