Epistemic democracy and the quality of government

Figures & data

Figure 1. Level of democracy and level of perceived corruption. Sources: Transparency International (2010); Freedom House (2010); Polity (2010).

Figure 2. Level of democracy and human development index. Sources: UNDP (2010); Freedom House (2010); Polity (2010).

Figure 3. Meritocratic recruitment and corruption. Sources: Meritocratic recruitment is taken from the QoG Institute’s Expert Survey (Dahlström, Lapuente, & Teorell, 2012) and the measure of Corruption is from World Bank Control of Corruption Index 2010.

Dahlström, C., Lapuente, V., & Teorell, T. (2012). The merit of meritocratization: Politics, bureaucracy, and the institutional deterrents of corruption. Political Research Quarterly, 65(3), 656–668. doi: 10.1177/1065912911408109

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