The Quality of Government: What It Is, How to Get It, Why It Matters.

The Quality of Government:
What It Is, How to Get It, Why It Matters

November 17-19, 2005. The Quality of Government Institute,
Department of Political Science, Göteborg university, Göteborg.

Program (as of November 15, 2005)
Conference Venue: Department of Political Science, Sprängkullsgatan 19, (click for map) room B009 (in the basement of Building B).

Friday, November 18
9.00	Conference Opening
9.15	Panel 1. Quality of Government: What it is
	Chair:	Sören Holmberg, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University
	Discussants:	Hilton Root, Hoover Institution Erik Melander, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
	Daniel Kaufmann, the World Bank Research Institute: Meausuring Governance Using Cross-Country Perceptions Data. Margaret Levi, Department of Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle: Achieving Government Legitimacy - and Good Government. Bo Rothstein & Jan Teorell, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University: What is quality of government? A Theory of Impartial Political Institutions.
11.30	Lunch
13.00	Panel 2. Quality of Government: Why it matters I – Political and economic development
	Chair:	Bo Rothstein, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University
	Discussants:	Philip Keefer, the World Bank Development Research Group. Jan Teorell , Department of Political Science, Göteborg University
	Torsten Persson & Guido Tabellini, Institute for International Economics, Stockholm University and Università Bocconi, Milan: Democratic capital: The nexus of political and economic change. Hilton L. Root, Hoover Institution: Mobilizing the state as a public risk manager. Arthur Goldsmith, Department of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston: How good must governance be? Magnus Öberg & Erik Melander, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University: The Quality of Government and Civil War.
15.15	Coffee Break
15.45	Panel 3. Quality of Government: Why it matters II – Individual level effects
	Chair:	Li Bennich-Björkman, Department of Government, Uppsala University
	Discussants:	Eric M. Uslaner, Department of Government, University of Maryland-College Park. Guido Tabellini, Università Bocconi, Milan
	John F. Helliwell & Haifang Huang, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia: How's your government? International evidence linking good government and well-being. Natalia Letki, Nuffield College , Oxford University: Investigating the roots of civic morality: Trust, social capital and institutional performance. Peter Nannestad & Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University: Institutions, culture and trust. Sören Holmberg, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University : Perceptions of corruption in Mass Publics.
18.00	First day of conference ends
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Saturday, November 19
9.30	Panel 4. Quality of Government: How to get it I – The importance of democracy
	Chair:	Margaret Levi, Department of Political Science, University of Washington , Seattle
	Discussants:	Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. Natalia Letki, Nuffield College , Oxford University
	Hanna Bäck & Axel Hadenius, Department of Government, Uppsala: Democracy and Governance. A Dynamic Study of a J-Shaped Relationship. Catharina Lindstedt & Daniel Naurin, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University: Transparency and Corruption: A Cross-Country Study of the Significance of a Free Press. Philip Keefer, the World Bank Development Research Group: Clientilism, credibility and the policy choices of young democracies. Pippa Norris, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Do power-sharing institutions work? Stable democracy and good governance in divided societies. Mark E. Warren, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia: Democracy against corruption.
12.15	Lunch
13.30	Panel 5. Quality of Government: How to get it II – Fighting corruption and clientelism
	Chair:	Peter Nannestad, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
	Discussants:	John F. Helliwell, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia. Daniel Naurin, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University
	Li Bennich-Björkman, Department of Government, Uppsala University: Elite integrity as a consequence of civil society under communism. Francesca Recanatini, the World Bank Research Institute: How does Bribery Effect Public Service Delivery? Micro-Evidence from Service Users and Public Officials in Peru. Eric M. Uslaner, Department of Government, University of Maryland-College Park: The Bulging Pocket and the Rule of Law: Corruption, Inequality, and Trust
15.45	Coffee Break
16.15	Plenary Discussion: What have we learned?
	Introductory remarks by Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University
17.30	Conference ends