Description
| Product ID: | 9783030785000 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Contributions to Economics |
| Title: | “Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” |
| Subtitle: | A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas |
| Authors: | Author: Jason Garcia Portilla |
| Page Count: | 407 |
| Subjects: | Christianity, Christianity, Central / national / federal government, Economics of industrial organization, Civil service and public sector, Central government, Economics of industrial organisation, Civil service & public sector |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-12 |
