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03415aam a2200445 i 4500 001 EAD83876B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 190813t20202020enkd b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019028546 020 $a 1108459668 020 $a 9781108459662 020 $a 1108472427 020 $a 9781108472425 035 $a (OCoLC)1117317816 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d YDX $d EAU $d L2U $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a JN30 $b .M867 2020 100 1 $a Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina, $e author. 245 10 $a Europe's burden : $b promoting good governance across borders / $c Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xiv, 314 pages : $b charts ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-310) and index. 520 $a "There is one country in the world which is everybody's dream: Switzerland. The small Alpine Republic is universally perceived as the world's highest achievement in democracy, human rights, the rule of law and economic competitiveness. The end results of such achievements, of course, are prosperity and happiness, for which Switzerland also leads in global charts. Legend has it that some inner Swiss qualities have fashioned this miracle; perhaps some deeply engrained virtue that the nation of clock makers possesses has spilled over into their splendid governance. Once achieved, the only other thing needed was protection from outside influence so that they could develop peacefully, which the Swiss then managed by means of their famous neutrality. The Swiss seem exceptional in having solved the main problem that nobody else, or only very few, have managed to solve and which is the kernel of the state building challenge of our time. That solution is impartiality of the state to private interest, with the resulting capacity of balancing between various ethnic, religious or economic groups so as to ensure ethical universalism as the norm - in other words everybody is treated equally and fairly. Building a Switzerland in Bosnia - or Iraq - has been many a reformer's dream but ultimately all have failed"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Government accountability $z European Union countries. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z European Union countries $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Public administration $x Prevention. $z European Union countries $x Prevention. 651 0 $a European Union countries $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a 88.02 philosophy and theory of the science of public administration. $0 (NL-LeOCL)077608593 $2 bcl 650 7 $a Government accountability. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01746414 650 7 $a Political corruption $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069248 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Public administration $x Prevention. $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01081988 651 7 $a European Union countries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01269470 651 7 $a EU countries. $0 (NL-LeOCL)078493161 $2 gtt 776 08 $i Online version: $a Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina, $t Europe's burden $d New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019. $z 9781108665537 $w (DLC) 2019028547 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EAD83876B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search