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Book SynopsisThere has recently been a global resurgence of demands for the acknowledgement of historical and contemporary wrongs, as well as for apologies and reparation for harms suffered. Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, political and legal role, and value of, an apology. It explores the multiple ways in which ‘sorry’ is instituted, articulated and performed, and critically analyses its various forms and functions in both historical and contemporary moments. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of contributors, the book’s analysis offers insights that will be invaluable to global debates on the struggle for justice.Table of Contents1. The Power of Apology - Melanie Judge and Dee Smythe 2. We Speak in the Shadow of the Tongues They Took - Siphokazi Jonas 3. Can an Apology Ever Be Enough for Crimes of the Past? - Yasmin Sooka 4. In Pursuit of Harmony: What is the Value of a Court-Ordered Apology? - Sindiso Mnisi Weeks 5. Penance and Punishment: Apology as a Remedy for Hate Speech - Nurina Ally and Kerry Williams 6. On Not Apologising: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the TRC Hearing into the Mandela United Football Club - Shireen Hassim 7. (Mis)Recognitions in the Racial Apology: Reading the Racist Event and its Fallouts - Nkululeko Nkomo and Peace Kiguwa 8. Apology as a Pathway out of White Unknowing - Christi van der Westhuizen 9. (Re)Collections: Her Sorry, Never Mine - Diane Jefthas 10. Beyond Words: Apologies and Compensation in Sexual Off ences - Leila Khan and Dee Smythe 11. ‘She Told Me to Stop Making a Fuss’: Undignified Treatment, Medical Negligence Claims, and Desires for Apology - Omowamiwa Kolawole 12. Unicorn Sightings: The Corporate Moral Apology in South Africa - Tracey Davies 13. In Black and White: The Hollow Apology of Racialised State Compensation to Freehold Landowners - Thuto Thipe 14. On Apology and the Failure of Shame in the TRC - Jaco Barnard-Naudé 15. Amnesty, Amnesia, and Remembrance: Self-Reflections on a 23-Year-Old Justification - Heinz Klug

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Book SynopsisThe 2017 publication of Betrayal of the Promise, the report that detailed the systematic nature of state capture, marked a key moment in South Africa’s most recent struggle for democracy. In the face of growing evidence of corruption and of the weakening of state and democratic institutions, it provided a powerful analysis of events that helped galvanise resistance within the Tripartite Alliance and across civil society. Working often secretly, the authors consolidated large amounts of evidence from a variety of sources. They showed that the Jacob Zuma administration was not simply a criminal network but part of an audacious political project to break the hold of white business on the economy and to create a new class of black industrialists. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Eskom and Transnet were central to these plans.Shadow State is an updated version of the original, explosive report that changed South Africa’s recent history. It introduces a whole new language to discuss state capture, showing how SOEs were ‘repurposed’, how political power was shifting away from constitutional bodies to ‘kitchen cabinets’, and how a ‘shadow state’ at odds with the country’s constitutional framework was being built.Trade Review"The analysis is so brilliant. I can’t think of a better example of how academic research can shape the public debate." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs, Brown University. "This is a compelling example of how committed academics conducting rigorous research and analysis can help crystallize our understanding of fundamental problems in our society." - Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the South African Communist PartyTable of Contents List of figures and tables Abbreviations and acronyms Key terms Acknowledgements Foreword Mcebisi Jonas Prologue Introduction Chapter 1 Structuring the Capture of the State Chapter 2 The Politics of Betrayal Chapter 3 Power, Authority and Audacity: How the Shadow State Was Built Chapter 4 Repurposing Governance Chapter 5 Conclusion Afterword Ferial Haffajee

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Book SynopsisThe metaphor of ‘state capture’ has dominated South Africa’s political discourse in the post-Zuma presidency era. What is state capture and how does it manifest? Is it just another example of a newly independent, failed African state? And is it unique to South Africa? The contributors in this collection try to explain the phenomenon from a variety of viewpoints and disciplines. All hold fast to the belief that the democracy that promised the country so much when apartheid ended has been significantly eroded, resulting in most citizens expressing a loss of hope for the future. Read together, the essays cumulatively show not only how state capture was enabled and who benefitted, but also how and by whom it was scrutinised and exposed in order to hold those in power accountable. The book aims to present a scholarly and empirical understanding of how things went awry, even with various regulating bodies in place, and how to prevent state capture from happening again in the future.Table of Contents Introduction: Understanding and Explaining State Capture – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 1 Elite Formation, Factions and Violence in the Political Economy of Corruption – Karl von Holdt Chapter 2 State Capture, the Racket and Predatory Power – Robyn Foley Chapter 3 The Foundations of Corruption in South Africa – Ryan Brunette Chapter 4 Legal Mobilisation against State Capture – Jonathan Klaaren Chapter 5 How Professionals Enabled State Capture – Cherese Thakur and Devi Pillay Chapter 6 Civil Society in the Face of State Capture: Solidarity and Disharmony – Luke Spiropoulos Chapter 7 Media Capture and the Mirror of State Capture – Reg Rumney Chapter 8 State Capture and the Popular Imagination: Narrowing the Narrative – Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Chapter 9 Cycles of State Capture: Bringing Profiteers and Enablers to Account – Hennie van Vuuren and Michael Marchant Chapter 10 Old Ways and New Days: An Interview with Barney Pityana – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 11 Can Democracy Bind the State? Comparative Thoughts from Brazil, India and South Africa – Patrick Heller Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTransparency'' has multiple, contested meanings. This broad-ranging volume accepts that complexity and thoughtfully contrasts alternative views through conceptual pieces, country cases, and assessments of policies - such as freedom of information laws, whistleblower protections, financial disclosure, and participatory policymaking procedures.'- Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University Law School, US'For me this book could have been titled Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Transparency Policy And Law But Didn t Know Enough To Ask. It is masterful and unmatched in depth, scope, and acuity. It convincingly analyzes the complexities of transparency on a comparative basis in terms of goals, culture and government, legal approaches, and global governance. What is transparency? What can it be? What are its consequences? How can it be promoted and regulated? Henceforth no one should seriously attempt to address such questions without first reading this outstanding book.'- David H. Rosenbloom, School of Public Affairs, American University, USIn recent years the concept of transparency has received much attention, but few have approached the topic from a critical standpoint. This Handbook explores the different meanings and applications of transparency and their many implications.The expert contributors identify the goals, purposes and ramifications of transparency while presenting both its advantages and shortcomings. Through this framework, they explore transparency from a number of international and comparative perspectives. Some chapters emphasize cultural and national aspects of the issue, with country-specific examples from China, Mexico, the US and the UK, while others focus on transparency within global organizations such as the World Bank and the WTO. A number of relevant legal considerations are also discussed, including freedom of information laws, financial disclosure of public officials and whistleblower protection.A diverse and unique volume, the Research Handbook on Transparency will prove an essential reference for scholars, policy makers, practitioners and legal reform advocates.Contributors: Padideh Ala'i, J. Ackerman, A.J. Brown, K. Clark, M. D'Orsi, S. Dreyfus, C. Embree, E. Fisher, H.P. Glenn, H. Ala Hamoudi, J.W. Head, D.B. Hunter, W. Liu, J.S. Lubbers, D.J. Metcalfe, S. Routray, I.E. Sandoval, W. Vandekerckhove, R.G. VaughnTrade Review‘”Transparency” has multiple, contested meanings. This broad-ranging volume accepts that complexity and thoughtfully contrasts alternative views through conceptual pieces, country cases, and assessments of policies – such as freedom of information laws, whistleblower protections, financial disclosure, and participatory policymaking procedures.' -- Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University Law School, US‘For me this book could have been titled Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Transparency Policy And Law — But Didn’t Know Enough To Ask. It is masterful and unmatched in depth, scope, and acuity. It convincingly analyzes the complexities of transparency on a comparative basis in terms of goals, culture and government, legal approaches, and global governance. What is transparency? What can it be? What are its consequences? How can it be promoted and regulated? Henceforth no one should seriously attempt to address such questions without first reading this outstanding book.’ -- David H. Rosenbloom, School of Public Affairs, American University, USTable of ContentsCONTENTS: INTRODUCTION PART I FRAMEWORKS FOR TRANSPARENCY 1. Transparency and Closure H. Patrick Glenn 2. The Relationship between Transparency, Whistleblowing and Public Trust A. J. Brown, Wim Vandekerckhove and Suelette Dreyfus 3. Exploring the Legal Architecture of Transparency Elizabeth Fisher 4. The Associations of Judicial Transparency with Administrative Transparency Robert G. Vaughn PART II CULTURAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSPARENCY 5. Opposing Legal Transparency in Dynastic China: The Persuasive Logic of Confucianist Views on Legal Opaqueness John W. Head 6. Transparency and the Shi’i Clerical Elite Haider Al Hamoudi 7. Transparency under Dispute: Public Relations, Bureaucracy, and Democracy in Mexico Irma Eréndira Sandoval 8. When Transparency Meets Politics: The Case of Mexico’s Electoral Ballots John Mill Ackerman 9. The Role of the Courts in China’s Progress Toward Transparency Liu Wenjing PART III. LEGAL APPROACHES TO TRANSPARENCY 10. The History of Government Transparency Daniel J. Metcalfe 11. The Long and Winding Road to Transparency in the UK Shonali Routray 12. Transparency in Policymaking—The (Mostly) Laudable Example of the U.S. Rulemaking System Jeffrey S. Lubbers 13. Faux Transparency: Ethics, Privacy, and the Demise of the STOCK Act’s Massive Online Disclosure of Employees’ Finances Kathleen Clark and Cheryl Embree PART IV. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY 14. Transparency at the World Bank Daniel J. Metcalfe 15. The Emerging Norm of Transparency in International Environmental Governance David B. Hunter 16. Transparency in International Economic Relations and the Role of the WTO Padideh Ala'i & Matthew D'Orsi Index

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Book SynopsisCorruption is an almost universal and persistent feature of the modern state. Commentators primarily view corruption as a major obstacle to development, whereas dissenting voices claim that corruption has the power to facilitate trade that would otherwise not have taken place. This comprehensive collection presents the most significant works contributing to our understanding of this debate, focusing on the key conceptual and theoretical issues and discussing anti-corruption policies. Alongside an original introduction by the editors, this collection is a highly valuable asset to scholars and academics alike.Trade Review‘The distinctive feature of this new collection of articles on corruption and development is its coverage of the recent empirical literature, which is where most of the notable research advances in the area have occurred over the past decade. The editors provide a thoughtful assessment of the theoretical literature and how it connects with the emerging empirical contributions.’ -- Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Jayasri Dutta and Toke Aidt PART I SURVEYS 1. Pranab Bardhan (1997), ‘Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues’, Journal of Economic Literature, XXXV (3), September, 1320–46 2. Jakob Svensson (2005), ‘Eight Questions about Corruption’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (3), Summer, 19–42, A1–A3 3. Toke S. Aidt (2003), ‘Economic Analysis of Corruption: A Survey’, Economic Journal, 113 (491), November, F632–F652 4. Vito Tanzi (1998), ‘Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures’, IMF Staff Papers, 45 (4), December, 559–94 PART II MEASUREMENT 5. Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi (2006), ‘Measuring Governance Using Cross-Country Perceptions Data’, in Susan Rose-Ackerman (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 52–104 6. James E. Foster, Andrew W. Horowitz and Fabio Méndez (2012), ‘An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications’, World Bank Economic Review, 26 (2), June, 217–35 7. Benjamin A. Olken (2009), ‘Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality’, Journal of Public Economics, 93 (7-8), August, 950–64 8. Axel Dreher, Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston (2007), ‘Corruption Around the World: Evidence from a Structural Model’, Journal of Comparative Economics, 35 (3), September, 443–66 PART III THEORY 9. Francis T. Lui (1985), ‘An Equilibrium Queuing Model of Bribery’, Journal of Political Economy, 93 (4), August, 760–81 10. Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1993), ‘Corruption’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108 (3), August, 599–617 11. Toke S. Aidt and Jayasri Dutta (2008), ‘Policy Compromises: Corruption and Regulation in a Democracy’, Economics and Politics, 20 (3), November, 335–60 12. Christopher Bliss and Rafael Di Tella (1997), ‘Does Competition Kill Corruption?’, Journal of Political Economy, 105 (5), October, 1001–23 13. Gary S. Becker and George J. Stigler (1974), ‘Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers’, Journal of Legal Studies, 3 (1), January, 1–18 14. Jean Tirole (1986), ‘Hierarchies and Bureaucracies: On the Role of Collusion in Organizations’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2 (2), Fall, 181–214 15. Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier (2000) ‘The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption’, American Economic Review, 90 (1), March, 194–211 16. Jens Chr. Andvig and Karl Ove Moene (1990), ‘How Corruption May Corrupt’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 13 (1), 63–76 17. Theo Eicher, Cecilia García-Peñalosa and Tanguy van Ypersele (2009), ‘Education, Corruption, and the Distribution of Income’, Journal of Economic Growth, 14 (3), September, 205–31 18. Bård Harstad and Jakob Svensson (2011), ‘Bribes, Lobbying, and Development’, American Political Science Review, 105 (1), February, 46–63 PART IV CROSS NATIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE CAUSES OF CORRUPTION 19. Daniel Treisman (2007), ‘What Have We Learned About the Causes Of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-National Empirical Research?’, Annual Review of Political Science, 10, 211–44 20. Sascha O. Becker, Peter H. Egger and Tobias Seidel (2009), ‘Common Political Culture: Evidence on Regional Corruption Contagion’, European Journal of Political Economy, 25 (3), September, 300–10 21. Nauro F. Campos and Francesco Giovannoni (2007), ‘Lobbying, Corruption and Political Influence’, Public Choice, 131 (1-2), April, 1–21 PART V EVIDENCE ON THE CORRUPTION-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS 22. Paolo Mauro (1995), ‘Corruption and Growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110 (3), August, 681–712 23. Nathaniel H. Leff (1964), ‘Economic Development Through Bureaucratic Corruption’, American Behavioral Scientist, 8 (3), November, 8–14 24. Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Laurent Weill (2010), ‘Is Corruption an Efficient Grease?’, World Development, 38 (3), March, 244–59 25. Martin Paldam (2002), ‘The Cross-Country Pattern of Corruption: Economics, Culture and the Seesaw Dynamics’, European Journal of Political Economy, 18 (2), June, 215–40 26. Toke Aidt, Jayasri Dutta and Vania Sena (2008), ‘Governance Regimes, Corruption and Growth: Theory and Evidence’, Journal of Comparative Economics, 36 (2), June, 195–220 27. Erich Gundlach and Martin Paldam (2009), ‘The Transition of Corruption: From Poverty to Honesty’, Economics Letters, 103 (3), June, 146–8 PART VI LAB, FIELD AND QUASI-NATURAL EXPERIMENTS 28. Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson (2004), ‘Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119 (2), May, 679–705 29. Benjamin A. Olken (2007), ‘Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia’, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (2), April, 200–49 30. Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel (2007), ‘Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets’, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (6), December, 1020–48 31. Abigail Barr and Danila Serra (2010), ‘Corruption and Culture: An Experimental Analysis’, Journal of Public Economics, 94 (11–12), December, 862–69 32. Ritwik Banerjee, Tushi Baul and Tanya Rosenblat (2015), ‘On Self Selection of the Corrupt into the Public Sector’, Economics Letters, 127, February, 43–6 33. Claudio Ferraz and Frederico Finan (2008), ‘Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (2), May, 703–45 Index

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Book Synopsis'Informative and refreshing, these short studies from around the world provide fertile ground for discussion, analysis and positive ways forward. In this book, corrupt practices from around the world are examined by experienced practitioners and researchers who shed light on various forms of corruption.'- Adam Graycar, Australian National UniversityAll societies develop their own norms about what is fair behavior and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of 'grabbing'. This unique volume addresses how grabbing hinders development at the sector level and in state administration. The contributors - researchers and practitioners who work on the ground in developing countries - present empirical data on the mechanisms at play and describe different types of unethical practices.The book's sixteen case studies explore why certain practices constitute forms of grabbing, what implications they have for the achievement of development goals, and how policy options should take the characteristics of grabbing into account. A broad range of sectors are covered, including extractive industries, construction, ports, utilities, finance, health, pharmaceuticals and education. The authors discuss political checks and balances, democratic elections and the law enforcement system, as well as the government s role in the allocation of land and as a development partner in other countries.The volume's original approach makes it a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in development, economics, governance and corruption. Development aid practitioners, as well as politicians and public officials in developing countries, will find it a useful aid in their work.Contributors: I. Amundsen, J. Andvig, T. Barasa, G. Bel, B. Chinsinga, L. Corkin, A. Estache, R. Foucart, S. Gloppen, S.-E. Helle, K. Hussman, E.G. Jansen, P. Le Billon, I. Lindkvist, J. F. Marteau, M. Poisson, G. Raballand, L. Rakner, J.C. Rivillas, I.A. Skage, A. Strand, A. Tostensen, J. Wells, L. Wren-LewisTrade Review"Grabbing", as defined by Soreide and Williams is about more than corruption. It also includes attempts to benefit unduly at the expense of the state, including overly zealous efforts to limit taxes and regulatory costs and to influence political choices. This fascinating collection of real-world cases, presented crisply and clearly, is organized by sector, country, political influence, and international aid. It will give reformers a context for their own efforts and will help analysts trace general patterns and common pathologies.' --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale UniversityThis is a brave publication. I am not aware of a comparable, eclectic, investigative, in-depth book on this topic. Tina Soreide and Aled WIlliams present an informative, indeed refreshing collection of sixteen case studies from all over the world. --Fabian Thiel, ErdkundeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Tina Søreide and Aled Williams PART I: GRABBING EXPLAINED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 1. Corruption and Collusion in Construction: A View from the Industry Jill Wells 2. Rents Extraction in the Sub-Saharan Africa Port Sector Gaël Raballand and Jean Francois Marteau 3. Resource Grabs Philippe Le Billon 4. Grabbing in the Education Sector Muriel Poisson 5. Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence Siri Gloppen PART II: GRABBING AT THE LEVEL OF SECTOR AND STATE FUNCTIONS IN A COUNTRY CONTEXT 6. Grabbing by Strangers: Crime and Policing in Kenya Jens Andvig and Tiberius Barasa 7. Grabbing Land in Malawi Blessings Chinsinga and Liam Wren-Lewis 8. Using Salaries as a Deterrent to Informal Payments in the Health Sector Ida Lindkvist 9. Financial Blood-letting in the Colombian Health System: Rent-seeking in a Public Health Insurance Fund Karen Hussman and Juan Carlos Rivillas PART III: WHEN POLITICAL GRABBING PREVENTS THE PERFORMANCE OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 10. Transport Infrastructure Failures in Spain: Mismanagement and Incompetence, or Political Capture? Germà Bel, Antonio Estache and Renaud Foucart 11. ‘Pay Up and Off You Go!’ Buying Political Positions in Bangladesh Inge Amundsen 12. Monopolizing Reconstruction: Angolan Elites and Chinese Credit Lines Lucy Corkin 13. ‘Grabbing’ an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda Svein-Erik Helle and Lise Rakner PART IV: RISK OF GRABBING DUE TO INTERACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 14. Elite Capture of Kabul Bank Arne Strand 15. Don’t Rock the Boat: Norway’s Difficulties in Dealing with Corruption in Development Aid Eirik Gjøstein Jansen 16. When Per Diems Take Over: Training and Travel as Extra Pay Ingvild Aagedal Skage, Tina Søreide and Arne Tostensen Index

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Book SynopsisPolitical corruption is a problem as old as society itself. As a fixture of political science and related disciplines, however, it is new and rapidly-developing, having only received very modest coverage until the late 1990s. The recent shattering of the taboo surrounding the discussion of corruption, largely attributed to its re-definition as an economic problem, has resulted in a torrent of new material on the subject. The most important of this has been brought together in this interrogative and authoritative collection.This book, including an original introduction by Professor Bo Rothstein, assembles the best papers in the field into a comprehensive examination of political corruption and will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the subject.Trade Review'Bo Rothstein, one of the world’s leading scholars working on the topic of corruption, has put together an outstanding set of articles in this new collection. Drawing on recent research that focuses on the meaning of corruption, its causes, effects, and impacts on democracy, political legitimacy and social justice, as well as on how best to fight it, the chapters in his volume provide the reader with a smorgasbord of key resources - all put into clear context in a typically perceptive introductory chapter. It will undoubtedly become established as a standard work of reference for all those interested in current debates around corruption.' -- Paul M. Heywood, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Bo Rothstein PART I POLITICAL CORRUPTION: THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM 1. Jonathan Hopkin and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (2007), ‘”Grabbing Hand” or “Helping Hand”?: Corruption and the Economic Role of the State’, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, 20 (2), April, 187–208 2. Anna Persson, Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell (2013), ‘Why Anti-Corruption Reforms Fail—Systemic Corruption as a Collective Action Problem’, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, 26 (3), July, 449–71 3. Susan Rose-Ackerman (2010), ‘Corruption: Greed, Culture, and the State’, Yale Law Journal Online, 120, 125–40 4. Herbert H. Werlin (2007), ‘Corruption and Democracy: Is Lord Acton Right?’, Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, 32 (3), Summer, 359–77 5. Mark E. Warren (2004), ‘What Does Corruption Mean in a Democracy?’, American Journal of Political Science, 48 (2), April, 328–43 PART II CAUSES OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION 6. Alícia Adserà, Carles Boix and Mark Payne (2003), ‘Are you Being Served? Political Accountability and Quality of Government’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 19 (2), 445–90 7. Shaomin Li and Judy Jun Wu (2007), ‘Why China Thrives Despite Corruption’, Far Eastern Economic Review, 170 (3), April, 24–48 8. Gabriella R. Montinola and Robert W. Jackman (2002), ‘Sources of Corruption: A Cross-Country Study’, British Journal of Political Science, 32 (1), January, 147–70 9. Daniel Treisman (2007), ‘What Have We Learned About the Causes of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-National Empirical Research?’, Annual Review of Political Science, 10, 211–44 PART III POLICIES AGAINST CORRUPTION 10. Peter Evans and James E. Rauch (1999), ‘Bureaucracy and Growth: A Cross-National Analysis of the Effects of “Weberian” State Structures on Economic Growth’, American Sociological Review, 64 (5), October, 748–65 11. William Chester Jordan (2009), ‘Anti-Corruption Campaigns in Thirteenth-Century Europe’, Journal of Medieval History, 35 (2), June, 204–19 12. Bo Rothstein (2011), ‘Anti-Corruption: The Indirect “Big-Bang” Approach’, Review of International Political Economy, 18 (2), May, 228–50 13. Wayne Sandholtz and Mark M. Gray (2003), ‘International Integration and National Corruption’, International Organization, 57, Fall, 761–800 PART IV EFFECTS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION 14. Pranab Bardhan (1997), ‘Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues’, Journal of Economic Literature, XXXV (3), September, 1320–46 15. Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein and Naghmeh Nasiritousi (2009), ‘Quality of Government: What You Get’, Annual Review of Political Science, 12, 135–61 16. Paolo Mauro (1995), ‘Corruption and Growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CX (3), August, 681–712 PART V DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION 17. Eric C.C. Chang, Miriam A. Golden and Seth J. Hill (2010), ‘Legislative Malfeasance and Political Accountability’, World Politics, 62 (2), April, 177–220 18. Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini and Francesco Trebbi (2003), ‘Electoral Rules and Corruption’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 1 (4), June, 958–89 19. Luigi Manzetti and Carole J. Wilson (2007), ‘Why do Corrupt Governments Maintain Public Support?’, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (8), August, 949–70 20. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (2006), ‘Corruption: Diagnosis and Treatment’, Journal of Democracy, 17 (3), July, 86–99 21. John McMillan and Pablo Zoido (2004), ‘How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18 (4), Fall, 69–92 PART VI CORRUPTION AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY 22. Christopher J. Anderson and Yuliya V. Tverdova (2003), ‘Corruption, Political Allegiances, and Attitudes Toward Government in Contemporary Democracies’, American Journal of Political Science, 47 (1), January, 91–109 23. Barry S. Rundquist, Gerald S. Strom and John G. Peters (1977), ‘Corrupt Politicians and Their Electoral Support: Some Experimental Observations’, American Political Science Review, 71 (3), September, 954–63 24. James C. Scott (1969), ‘Corruption, Machine Politics and Political Change’, American Political Science Review, 63 (4), December, 1142–58 [17] 25. Mitchell A. Seligson (2002), ‘The Impact of Corruption on Regime Legitimacy: A Comparative Study of Four Latin American Countries’, Journal of Politics, 64 (2), May, 408–33 PART VII DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION 26. Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente (2011), ‘Which Dictators Produce Quality of Government?’, Studies in Comparative International Development, 46 (4), December, 397–423 27. John Gerring and Strom C. Thacker (2004), ‘Political Institutions and Corruption: The Role of Unitarism and Parliamentarism’, British Journal of Political Science, 34 (2), April, 295–330 28. Michael Johnston (2008), ‘Japan, Korea, The Philippines, China: Four Syndromes of Corruption’, Crime, Law and Social Change, 49 (3), April, 205–23 29. Daniel Kaufmann and Pedro C. Vicente (2011), ‘Legal Corruption’, Economics and Politics, 23 (2), July, 195–219 PART VIII SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION 30. Bo Rothstein and Eric M. Uslaner (2005), ‘All for All: Equality, Corruption, and Social Trust’, World Politics, 58 (1), October, 41–73 31. Anand Swamy, Stephen Knack, Young Lee and Omar Azfar (2001), ‘Gender and Corruption’, Journal of Development Economics, 64 (1), February, 25–55 32. Jong-sung You and Sanjeev Khagram (2005), ‘A Comparative Study of Inequality and Corruption’, American Sociological Review, 70 (1), February, 136–57 Index

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Book SynopsisTransparency'' has multiple, contested meanings. This broad-ranging volume accepts that complexity and thoughtfully contrasts alternative views through conceptual pieces, country cases, and assessments of policies - such as freedom of information laws, whistleblower protections, financial disclosure, and participatory policymaking procedures.'- Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University Law School, US'For me this book could have been titled Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Transparency Policy And Law But Didn t Know Enough To Ask. It is masterful and unmatched in depth, scope, and acuity. It convincingly analyzes the complexities of transparency on a comparative basis in terms of goals, culture and government, legal approaches, and global governance. What is transparency? What can it be? What are its consequences? How can it be promoted and regulated? Henceforth no one should seriously attempt to address such questions without first reading this outstanding book.'- David H. Rosenbloom, School of Public Affairs, American University, USIn recent years the concept of transparency has received much attention, but few have approached the topic from a critical standpoint. This Handbook explores the different meanings and applications of transparency and their many implications.The expert contributors identify the goals, purposes and ramifications of transparency while presenting both its advantages and shortcomings. Through this framework, they explore transparency from a number of international and comparative perspectives. Some chapters emphasize cultural and national aspects of the issue, with country-specific examples from China, Mexico, the US and the UK, while others focus on transparency within global organizations such as the World Bank and the WTO. A number of relevant legal considerations are also discussed, including freedom of information laws, financial disclosure of public officials and whistleblower protection.A diverse and unique volume, the Research Handbook on Transparency will prove an essential reference for scholars, policy makers, practitioners and legal reform advocates.Contributors: Padideh Ala'i, J. Ackerman, A.J. Brown, K. Clark, M. D'Orsi, S. Dreyfus, C. Embree, E. Fisher, H.P. Glenn, H. Ala Hamoudi, J.W. Head, D.B. Hunter, W. Liu, J.S. Lubbers, D.J. Metcalfe, S. Routray, I.E. Sandoval, W. Vandekerckhove, R.G. VaughnTrade Review‘”Transparency” has multiple, contested meanings. This broad-ranging volume accepts that complexity and thoughtfully contrasts alternative views through conceptual pieces, country cases, and assessments of policies – such as freedom of information laws, whistleblower protections, financial disclosure, and participatory policymaking procedures.' -- Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University Law School, US‘For me this book could have been titled Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Transparency Policy And Law — But Didn’t Know Enough To Ask. It is masterful and unmatched in depth, scope, and acuity. It convincingly analyzes the complexities of transparency on a comparative basis in terms of goals, culture and government, legal approaches, and global governance. What is transparency? What can it be? What are its consequences? How can it be promoted and regulated? Henceforth no one should seriously attempt to address such questions without first reading this outstanding book.’ -- David H. Rosenbloom, School of Public Affairs, American University, USTable of ContentsCONTENTS: INTRODUCTION PART I FRAMEWORKS FOR TRANSPARENCY 1. Transparency and Closure H. Patrick Glenn 2. The Relationship between Transparency, Whistleblowing and Public Trust A. J. Brown, Wim Vandekerckhove and Suelette Dreyfus 3. Exploring the Legal Architecture of Transparency Elizabeth Fisher 4. The Associations of Judicial Transparency with Administrative Transparency Robert G. Vaughn PART II CULTURAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSPARENCY 5. Opposing Legal Transparency in Dynastic China: The Persuasive Logic of Confucianist Views on Legal Opaqueness John W. Head 6. Transparency and the Shi’i Clerical Elite Haider Al Hamoudi 7. Transparency under Dispute: Public Relations, Bureaucracy, and Democracy in Mexico Irma Eréndira Sandoval 8. When Transparency Meets Politics: The Case of Mexico’s Electoral Ballots John Mill Ackerman 9. The Role of the Courts in China’s Progress Toward Transparency Liu Wenjing PART III. LEGAL APPROACHES TO TRANSPARENCY 10. The History of Government Transparency Daniel J. Metcalfe 11. The Long and Winding Road to Transparency in the UK Shonali Routray 12. Transparency in Policymaking—The (Mostly) Laudable Example of the U.S. Rulemaking System Jeffrey S. Lubbers 13. Faux Transparency: Ethics, Privacy, and the Demise of the STOCK Act’s Massive Online Disclosure of Employees’ Finances Kathleen Clark and Cheryl Embree PART IV. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY 14. Transparency at the World Bank Daniel J. Metcalfe 15. The Emerging Norm of Transparency in International Environmental Governance David B. Hunter 16. Transparency in International Economic Relations and the Role of the WTO Padideh Ala'i & Matthew D'Orsi Index

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Book SynopsisThe expert authors in this timely volume offer diverse perspectives on how corruption distorts state and market relations, while drawing from insights in political science, economics, and law.This book represents a new wave of research in political economy, relying on methodological rigor to address topics ranging from corruption in taxation and trade to crony capitalism and false anti-corruption reforms. Key chapters provide a thorough review of the literature on links between political connections and democratic institutions. Special attention is paid to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, China's anti-corruption drive, and language used to discuss tax evasion. Case studies from various regions-such as China, Paraguay, South Africa, and New York City-anchor the analysis with real-world situations.Greed, Corruption, and the Modern State is a critical resource for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in development, economics, governance, and corruption.Contributors: P. Alldridge, D. Batzilis, J. Bussell, K.E. Davis, A. Díaz-Cayeros, R. Fisman, N. Hite-Rubin, F. Hualing, R. Huang, P. Lagunes, B. Magaloni, K. Moene, V. Romero, S. Rose-Ackerman, S. Sequeira, T. Søreide, M.C. Stephenson, S. Straub, F. VareseTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Susan Rose-Ackerman and Paul Lagunes PART I POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, CORRUPTION AND POLICY 1. Typologies of Corruption: A Pragmatic Approach Jennifer Bussell 2. Good Governance Facades Kalle Moene and Tina Søreide 3. Political Connections and Commerce - A Global Perspective Raymond Fisman 4. Corruption and Democratic Institutions: A Review and Synthesis Matthew C. Stephenson 5. Wielding the Sword: President Xi’s New Anti-Corruption Campaign Fu Hualing PART II CORRUPTION AND STATE PERFORMANCE 6. The Story of Paraguayan Dams: The Long Term Consequences of Wrongdoing in Procurement Stéphane Straub 7. Saving Gotham: Fighting Corruption in New York City’s Property Tax System Paul Lagunes and Rongyao Huang 8. Corruption and Trade Costs Sandra Sequeira 9. A Corruption, Military Procurement and FDI Nexus? Nancy Hite-Rubin 10. Caught in the Crossfire: The Geography of Extortion and Police Corruption in Mexico Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni and Vidal Romero PART III CONTROLLING CORRUPTION ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS 11. Bribing Abroad Dimitris Batzilis 12. Regulation of Foreign Bribery: The FCPA Enforcement Model Kevin E. Davis 13. Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering and the Problem of ‘Offshore’ Peter Alldridge 14. Underground Banking and Corruption Federico Varese Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a rigorous attempt to address the problem of corruption by using various methodologies and perspectives. Among other innovative mechanisms, Søreide proposes to extend responsibility to those who benefit indirectly from corruption. She also suggests extending the duties of private actors to help the government in addressing corruption. She discusses the nature of sanctions and she proposes empowering courts to debar suppliers for public contracts. Søreide's analysis is careful, attentive to the evidence, and provides practical solutions to some of the most difficult challenges facing contemporary societies. This book should be read and influence theorists, economists, lawyers, government officials and policymakers.'- Alon Harel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelCriminal law efficiency is a concept often referred to but seldom defined. Clarity, the author argues, is necessary for finding practical solutions to fundamental challenges in this area of law, especially with the criminal justice system itself at risk.Tina Søreide offers views in contrast to mainstream ideas on optimal criminal law responses to corruption, with emphasis on the fundamental role of the criminal justice system in the fight against corruption, and the effect this can have on other mechanisms in society. Her analysis explains the concept of criminal law efficiency through economic approaches and why many criminal law responses to corruption are at risk of becoming 'façade strategies' that may, in fact facilitate corruption.Corruption and Criminal Justice offers insights into the obstacles that policymakers and government advisors cannot ignore. It serves as an invaluable resource for advanced students and academics interested in law, economics, and large corporations.Trade Review‘This book is a rigorous attempt to address the problem of corruption by using various methodologies and perspectives. Among other innovative mechanisms, Søreide proposes to extend responsibility to those who benefit indirectly from corruption. She also suggests extending the duties of private actors to help the government in addressing corruption. She discusses the nature of sanctions and she proposes empowering courts to debar suppliers for public contracts. Søreide's analysis is careful, attentive to the evidence, and provides practical solutions to some of the most difficult challenges facing contemporary societies. This book should be read and influence theorists, economists, lawyers, government officials and policymakers.’ -- Alon Harel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: PART 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 1. Introduction 2. The Causes and Consequences of Corruption 3. Practical Obstacles to Efficient Criminal Law Enforcement PART 2 FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD 4. Economic Reasoning on Corruption 5. Principles Versus Pragmatism in Law Enforcement Systems 6. The Law Enforcement Environment at the National and International Level Index

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Book SynopsisAid agencies increasingly consider anti-corruption activities important for economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries. In the first major comparative study of work by the World Bank, the European Commission and the UNDP to help governments in fragile states counter corruption, Jesper Johnson finds significant variance in strategic direction and common failures in implementation. In a refreshing departure from existing literature on corruption, Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile States takes a public administration perspective, studying the role of organisational factors in the success of anti-corruption strategies. It is widely acknowledged that governance and anti-corruption interventions play a crucial role in reducing fragility and building legitimate and resilient institutions. Policy makers have re-framed development goals for fragile states to achieve stability by addressing their special characteristics: weak institutions and governance; low capacity and legitimacy in government; and vulnerability to violence. This book shows how anti-corruption and state-building policies are often disconnected or incoherent, and how executional challenges prevent strategies from translating into results. This book will be of interest to researchers and students studying (anti-)corruption, aid, international organisations or fragile states. It will be an invaluable resource for staff in aid agencies and NGOs in the fields of governance, accountability and transparency.Trade Review'A timely critique of a less than stellar era for development assistance. Johnson's work is an insightful blend of conceptual understanding and deep knowledge of the practical dilemmas faced by donors - who are almost never the solo actor on the battlefield. When real battles are going on alongside them, donor agencies face many challenges as one amongst many in the bureaucratic cage fight. This is an important contribution to the ongoing search for answers. The author's description of donor agencies as ''organised anarchies'' will have an authentic ring to many a member of the aid caste.' --Phil Mason OBE, Department for International Development, UK'Numerous societies have been targets for corruption-control and state-building efforts by aid agencies, often with dismal results. Jesper Johnson shows how those agendas diverge, and how both have been long on ideas yet short on implementation. Corruption fighters acknowledge that fragile situations - often the reasons for state-building - need carefully-tailored responses, but have yet to figure out what they entail. Johnson brings sound theory and extensive field research to those questions, producing essential insights into reform and stability in fragile situations.' --Michael Johnston, Colgate University'Given how much international development agencies invest in anti-corruption programmes, and how often it features in donor strategies and policies, there is a shocking lack of research on how these programmes play out in recipient countries. Jesper Johnsøn's book fills an important gap, particularly with his focus on fragile states where getting anti-corruption programming right is vital for stability and security. Drawing on theories of bureaucracy, he argues that donors (and researchers) often blame using the wrong theories for programme design failure but failure can be explained much more by implementation challenges. Rather than constantly searching for the new anti-corruption 'magic key', by paying greater attention to context, avoiding bureaucratic competition and investing properly in staffing, donors - and citizens in fragile states - could see transformative governance improvements.' --Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction – A Need for Better Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile States 1. What is a Stabilising Anti-Corruption Reform? Understanding Corruption, Anti-Corruption and Fragility 2. How to Reduce Corruption in Fragile States – The Theory 3. Aid Agencies’ Anti-Corruption Strategies – Comparing the World Bank, EU and UNDP 4. Anti-Corruption Efforts in Afghanistan 5. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCorruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analyzing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals. Using corruption case studies across a wide spectrum of natural resource sectors from around the world, the expert contributions explore political ecology as a means of analysing resource curse challenges. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed. This forward-thinking book is essential reading for students and academics in the fields of development studies, political ecology, corruption, development economics and international political economy. The evidence and policy solutions included will be of great appeal to policymakers and practitioners.Contributors include: I. Amundsen, F. Boamah, C.J. Cavanagh, K.E. Dupuy, L. Epremian, B. Eriksen, O.-H. Fjeldstad, J. Jacquet, J. Johnsøn, P. Le Billon, P. Lujala, G. Mayo-Anda, J.P. Mrema, O. Remy, R. Sumaila, T. Søreide, A. Witter, T. Wyatt, D. ZinnbauerTrade Review'Williams and Le Billon go from global cases to a unified vision, providing a rich and readable single volume cure for a long-standing intellectual disease. Moving beyond explanations that hold bad governance to be a ''curse'' of abundance, the thinkers and observers assembled here shed glaring light on widespread illicit cultures, politics, and streams of value that are all a part of natural resource management worldwide. To understand the political ecology of corruption, start here.' --Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US'This is an excellent book which challenges us to rethink the relationship between natural resources and corruption. It offers a wide range of rich and detailed cases - when combined they powerfully demonstrate how a political ecology approach can help us move beyond approaches to corruption which define it simply as ''deviance''. The result is a book which is of great value to academics and practitioners alike. If you want to understand how corruption shapes natural resources use and extraction, this is a must-read.' --Rosaleen Duffy, The University of Sheffield, UK'This fascinating and wide-ranging collection shows how politics and power interact to limit the social benefits of natural resource endowments. Stressing the context-dependent nature of rent seeking and corruption, the authors move beyond the simplistic "resource curse" literature to highlight the key role of self-seeking local elites and of aid programs that fail to cope with local political realities.' --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Aled Williams and Philippe Le Billon PART I EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES 1. Nigeria: Defying the Resource Curse Inge Amundsen 2. Zero-Tolerance to Corruption? Norway’s Role in Petroleum-Related Corruption Internationally Birthe Eriksen and Tina Søreide 3. Governance Challenges in Tanzania’s Natural Gas Sector: Unregulated Lobbyism and Uncoordinated Policy Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Jesper Johnsøn 4. Transparency and Natural Resource Revenue Management: Empowering the Public With Information? Päivi Lujala and Levon Epremian 5. Corruption and Elite Capture of Mining Community Development Funds in Ghana and Sierra Leone Kendra E. Dupuy 6. Misuse of the Malampaya Royalty Fund Grizelda Mayo-Anda PART II RENEWABLE RESOURCE SECTORS 7. When Bad Gets Worse: Corruption and Fisheries Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Jennifer Jacquet and Allison Witter 8. Mapping the State’s Janus Face: Green Economy and the ‘Green Resource Curse’ in Kenya’s Highland Forests Connor Joseph Cavanagh 9. Strengthening Institutions Against Corruption? Biofuel Deals in Ghana Festus Boamah and Aled Williams 10. Forest Resources and Local Elite Capture: Revisiting a Community-Based Forest Management ‘Success Case’ in Tanzania Joseph Perfect Mrema 11. Rosewood Democracy Oliver Remy 12. How Corruption Enables Wildlife Trafficking Tanya Wyatt 13. Urban Land: A New Type of Resource Curse? Dieter Zinnbauer Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the growth in literature on political corruption, contributions from field research are still exiguous. This book provides a timely and much needed addition to current research, bridging the gap and providing an innovative approach to the study of corruption and integrity in public administration. The volume contributors provide insights from nine different countries, all drawing on extensive fieldwork data and following ethnographic methodologies. The topics discussed in this book include: the role of anti-corruption legislation; organizational change and morality; party corruption; socio-cultural dimensions of corruption; clientelism and patronage. Analyzing these topics comparatively, the volume concludes that in countries where public perception of corruption is high, citizens are well aware of the generalized damage of these practices and the loss of trust they cause for public administrations. On the other hand, corruption in public administration takes place following patterns that mirror some of the fundamental social and cultural features that characterize interactions among citizens and institutions.Scholars and students of the fields including public policy, public administration, sociology and anthropology will find this book to be of use to their research and studies. It will also be of interest to policy-makers internationally and public sector practitioners.Contributors include: M. Acar, C. Baez Camargo, E. Denisova-Schmidt, Z.T. Lofranco, N. Luci, R.M. Rivera, R.F Sambaiga, D. TorselloTrade ReviewAmidst the seemingly never-ending stream of volumes being published on corruption, it is rare to come across one that has something genuinely new to contribute to the debate about how to understand and combat it. Yet, Davide Torsello has done precisely that in assembling this important collection of essays that explore administrative corruption from an ethnographic, rather than a technocratic, perspective. With chapters on countries as diverse as Bosnia, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania and Turkey, this new collection offers fascinating insights into how the everyday reality of corruption is experienced and understood, helping to explain why abstract models based on assumptions about human motivation offer poor guides to effective anti-corruption action. With a particular focus on the meaning of public and private goods, and the nature of gift-exchange in different cultures, the volume offers practical guidelines for policy-makers in regard to improving practices in public administration.' --Paul M Heywood, University of Nottingham, UK'Torsello's book has two core strengths: (1) it represents a holistic take on the concept of corruption including socio-cultural dimensions, which helps broaden our understanding of its devastating effects; and 2) it compliments existing quantitative studies on corruption and makes an important contribution to the understanding of what civil servants view as corrupt practices as well as practices not deemed corrupt. The book provides a range of interesting practical policy solutions (especially in the area of gift-exchange) that are worth examining in more detail through further research and experimentation. It is a valuable addition to the literature of public corruption and presents an important resource for students, practitioners and scholars of public services globally.' --Thom Reilly, International Review of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Anthropology of Corruption Davide Torsello 1. The Role of the Anti-Corruption Legislation and of Ethical Values in (Re)Defining Corruption: The Case of Monza, Italy Maria Giulia Pezzi 2. Culture, Organizational Change and the Bounded Morality in the Hungarian Public Administration Davide Torsello 3. Party Corruption in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Employment System: Public Discourse, Legal and Moral Legitimation Zaira Tiziana Lofranco 4. Academic Dishonesty or Corrupt Values: The Case of Russia Elena Denisova-Schmidt 5. The Making of Citizenship Against Corruption in Kosovo: Protest, Lies, and the Public Good Nita Luci 6. Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Corruption in Turkish Public Administration Muhittin Acar 7. Old Regime Habits Die Hard: Clientelism, Patronage and the Challenges to Overcoming Corruption in Post-Authoritarian Mexico Claudia Baez Camargo and Rodrigo Megchún Rivera 8. Between Condemnation and Resignation: A Study on Attitudes Towards Corruption in the Public Health Sector in Tanzania Claudia Baez Camargo and Richard Faustine Sambaiga Conclusion Davide Torsello Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on the Geographies of Corruption is a comprehensive overview of corruption, exploring the immense variation of corruption among nations, and how this reflects levels of wealth, the centralization of power, colonial legacies, and different national cultures.In this Handbook, Barney Warf brings together a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collection of original new chapters from established researchers and leading academics to examine corruption from a spatial perspective. The Handbook opens with a series of thematic chapters on the causes and consequences of corruption, its geography, the connection between corruption and gender, and the role of e-government in mitigating current corruption issues. Further chapters offer a series of national case studies, on countries including Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Russia, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Ukraine, Bangladesh, and the Philippines from which to draw lessons. This Handbook will be a valuable read for human geography scholars and corruption researchers, wishing to gain a more in depth understanding of how and why corruption levels differ across the world. Practitioners concerned with combatting corruption would also greatly benefit from reading this given its real-world insights.Contributors include: A. Batory, S. Bayraktar, C. Calimbahin, S. Dabbous, D. Danieli, E. Dimant, N.G. Elbahnasawy, D.H. Enste, M. Eren, A. Guizani, C. Heldman, A. Jiménez, F.F. Khan, J. Leitner, J.M. Luiz, M. Marktanner, H. Meissner, K.Z. Meyer, M. Mietzner, S. Morris, M. Nurunnabi, V. Pesqué-Cela, G.G. Schulze, K. Senters, A. Sghaier, H.O. Stensöta, L. Wängnerud, B. Warf, M. Wilson, M.S. Winters, N. ZakharovTrade Review'Corruption occurs at multiple scales and in different forms. The 21 chapters by international scholars examine corruption and e-government, development, and gender and accounts of 16 countries/regions including China, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Arab World, and Central Asia. A timely and insightful book for seminars, workshops and policymakers.' --Stanley D. Brunn, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky, US'In this important book Barney Warf has assembled an impressive array of papers on the intricacies of corruption in its many forms across the globe. The chapters, empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated, open up new ground that is long overdue. Finally, this crucial topic gets a nuanced, robust airing that social scientists and policy analysts will deeply appreciate.' --David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on the Geographies of Corruption Barney Warf Part I: Themes for Understanding Corruption 2. Causes and Effects of Corruption: New Developments in Empirical Research Sufyan Dabbous and Eugen Dimant 3. Effects of Corruption on Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries Asma Sghaier and Asma Guizani 4. Gender and Corruption: Institutions and Mechanisms of Accountability Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta and Lena Wängnerud 5. World Regional Geographies of Corruption Barney Warf 6. The Consequences of Corruption Dominik H. Enste and Christina Heldman 7. E-Government and Corruption: A Review Nasr G. Elbahnasawy Part II: National Case Studies 8. Corruption in Mexico: Continuity Amid Change Stephen Morris 9. Persistent Malfeasance Despite Institutional Innovations and Public Outcry: A Survey of Corruption in Brazil Kelly Senters and Matthew S. Winters 10. Corruption in East Central Europe: Has EU Membership Helped? Agnes Batory 11. Corruption in Ukraine: Soviet Legacy, Failed Reforms and Political Risks Johannes Leitner and Hannes Meissner 12. Corruption in Russia Günther G. Schulze and Nikita Zakharov 13. Turkey’s Fight against Corruption: Current State and the Road Ahead Alfredo Jiménez, Secil Bayraktar, and Mesut Eren 14. Wasta in the Arab World: An Overview Marcus Marktanner and Maureen Wilson 15. Corruption and State Capture in South Africa: Will the Institutions Hold? Karl Z. Meyer and John M. Luiz 16. Drugs and Corruption in Former Soviet Central Asia Filippo De Danieli 17. Pakistan: A Study in Corruption Feisal Khan 18. Corruption in Bangladesh: Insights from the Financial Sector Mohammad Nurunnabi 19. Corruption in China Vanesa Pesqué-Cela 20. An Ambivalent State: The Crossover of Corruption and Violence in the Philippines Cleo Calimbahin 21. Indonesia: Why Democratization Has Not Reduced Corruption Marcus Mietzner Index

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Book SynopsisAnalysing political corruption as a distinct but separate entity from bureaucratic corruption, this timely book separates these two very different social phenomena in a way that is often overlooked in contemporary studies. Chapters argue that political corruption includes two basic, critical and related processes: extractive and power-preserving corruption. Evaluating seven key case studies, the book illustrates the theoretical basis of corruption and provides a political-economy analysis of the topic, using examples from Sub-Saharan Africa. Outlining how and who is involved, these cases explore the present conditions that enable political corruption. The book highlights how political corruption undermines the political will to curb corruption, a key area that traditional anti-corruption efforts have failed in. A pertinent and forward-thinking contribution to the field, this will be of interest to those working in anti-corruption, including in aid agencies, national NGOs and government agencies. It will also be useful to development studies, development economics and political theory scholars. Contributors include: I. Amundsen, K.T. Asante, T. Budhram, M. D'Arcy, B. Dulani, M. Khisa, A. Nuvunga, E.O. Ojo, A. Orre, V. PrusaTrade Review'This exciting and timely book takes issue with much of mainstream corruption analysis and especially with the disappointing record of the resulting policy advice, at least in terms of the undiminished incidence of corrupt practices. Focusing on the issue of political corruption, the essays in this collection manage to advance our knowledge about the general theme while providing valuable country studies of some of the highest profile and most intractable of such instances in sub-Saharan Africa.' --Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, University of Oxford, UK'Political Corruption in Africa: Extraction and Power Preservation is a readable book, beautifully edited by Inge Amundsen. It is a major scholarly contribution and is a powerful book, based upon many deeply researched country case studies. A must read for any policy practitioner, investor, activist or scholar needing to understand how political corruption functions in today's Africa.' --Alex Vines OBE, Coventry University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Extractive and Power-Preserving Political Corruption Inge Amundsen 2. Political Corruption and the Limits of Anti-Corruption Activism in Ghana Kofi Takyi Asante and Moses Khisa 3. Big Men and Poor Voters: Political Corruption and Elections in Kenya Michelle D’Arcy 4. Congenitally Co-Joined and Inseparable: Politics and Corruption in Nigeria Emmanuel Oladipo Ojo, Vaclav Prusa, Inge Amundsen 5. Inclusive Co-optation and Political Corruption in Uganda Moses Khisa 6. The ‘Secret Loans Affair’ and Political Corruption in Mozambique Adriano Nuvunga and Aslak Orre 7. Political Parties, Campaign Financing and Political Corruption in Malawi Boniface Dulani 8. Political Corruption and State Capture in South Africa Trevor Budhram 9. Stuck in Transition: Political Corruption as Power Abuse Inge Amundsen Index

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Book SynopsisIt is common to think that Latin countries, in southern Europe or Latin America, are naturally corrupt regions when, in reality, this is a modern-day cliche that merely legitimises alleged superiority. This book provides the interpretative tools to investigate political corruption in contemporary Spain and its colonies, in a comparative and interdisciplinary historical perspective, conducted and developed by specialists in economic history, political and administrative history, and political science. Addressing the historical functionality of corruption in Spain, and its weakening of the democratic ideal, provides an investigatory template and research model for combating and better understanding the evolution of corruption in Western democracies and other international arenas. Key to the investigation are the interrelations established between political power bases and different economic interest groups, against the background of elites who have become state players over time. The most frequent corrupt practices are bribery, favouritism, tax fraud, embezzlement of public funds, revolving appointment doors, influence peddling and political control of local territories through electoral corruption (caciquismo). Discussion centres on preventative measures to combat such practices. These behaviours exist historically both in continental Europe and in Great Britain, but with notable differences regarding the impunity of crimes, the lack of division of administrative and political oversight, and the absence of a culture of accountability. Chapter contributions explain the impact and circumstances of corruption in business, the economy, and national and local administrations. The work covers a wide historical range, including the imperial penetration of corruption in Restoration Bourbon Spain; hunger and bribery under the Franco regime; and the consequences of the financial crisis of 2008. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Linked to declining levels of trust in core state actors and bodies, corruption has emerged as a key challenge to effective and legitimate governance, posing a growing threat to political stability. This comprehensive work addresses the most pressing debates in the field, covering the evolution of different concepts and approaches to analysing corruption, how it manifests in practice across key areas, and the prospects of different ways to tackle it. This interdisciplinary Research Agenda contains state-of-the-art surveys of the field of corruption and points towards an agenda for future research. Chapters explore top political and grassroots corruption, buying and stealing votes, corruption in relation to gender and the media, digital anti-corruption and an examination of whistleblowing and market-based tools. The book also offers the most advanced research in the measurement of corruption. Providing a detailed overview of the key questions and research areas in corruption studies, this Research Agenda will be a vital resource for scholars and students of corruption, governance and public administration. International anti-corruption NGOs and agencies will also benefit from the up-to-date survey of the core challenges they are seeking to address. Contributors include: C. Berti, M. Bocchiola, R. Bratu, E. Ceva, G.O Erlingsson, M. Fazekas, P.M. Heywood, D. Iragorri Carter, D. Jackson, N. Kossow, G.H. Kristinsson, I. Kubbe, N. Köbis, M. Loli, I. Mares, R.M.B. Kukutschka, O. Merkle, A. Mungiu-Pippidi, M.C. Vinciguerra, S. Wickberg, L. YoungTrade Review'Corruption studies is enjoying a renaissance right now, which is no surprise given the urgent need to find more effective ways to fight it. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Paul Heywood have brought together an impressive and eclectic group of authors to help set out what a new research agenda on corruption might look like, and everyone in the field will benefit from reading it.' --Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham, UK'This volume is a fine collection of results and perspectives on corruption, and helps readers find coherence across disciplines through the lens of political science.' --Tina Søreide, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway'Like the reform movement itself, corruption research needs a reboot. Mungiu-Pippidi and Heywood have assembled a provocative collection that questions old assumptions and takes a fresh look at unresolved issues. Several chapters examine the dynamics of corrupt processes as they fit into broader realities. Concluding chapters examine reforms and reformers themselves, developing propositions about the best way forward. --Michael Johnston, Colgate University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES 1 Making sense of corruption studies: an introduction 2 Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Paul M. Heywood 2 How to define and measure corruption 7 Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Mihály Fazekas 3 A political approach to corruption 27 Paul M. Heywood 4 Recent approaches to the study of social norms and corruption 41 Nils Köbis, David Jackson and Daniel Iragorri Carter PART II VARIETIES AND CONNOTATIONS 5 Buying, expropriating and stealing votes 55 Isabela Mares and Lauren Young 6 Gender and corruption: what we know and ways forward 75 Ortrun Merkle 7 All that glitters . . . a closer look at the Nordic ‘exception’ 90 Gissur Ó. Erlingsson and Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson 8 Corruption and the media 107 Carlo Berti, Roxana Bratu and Sofia Wickberg 9 Corruption and populism: the linkage 118 Ina Kubbe and Miranda Loli PART III THE ANTI-CORRUPTION REPERTORY 10 The long arm of the law versus the invisible hand of the market? 132 Roberto Martínez B. Kukutschka 11 Digital anti-corruption: hopes and challenges 146 Niklas Kossow 12 Heroes or villains? A legislative, ethical and policy assessment of whistleblowing 158 Michele Bocchiola, Emanuela Ceva and Maria Chiara Vinciguerra References 172 Index 209

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Book SynopsisDriven by an international agenda, the act of ‘rethinking’ corruption has already taken place more than once in the past two decades, contributing further to a post-truth about corruption than to anything else. This book makes a clear argument in favor of rethinking corruption across any contingency and offers a forecasting method, alongside the latest generation of analytical, fact-based tools to map, assess and predict corruption risk.Mungiu-Pippidi argues that corruption is a policy problem frequently overriding individual choice, and can only be tackled by strong policy interventions, not by ‘nudging’ every individual into honesty. Chapters explain that corruption has not decreased despite unprecedented efforts because the international context presently creates far more opportunities for it than constraints: few nations, governments or international organizations have proven able to solve the social dilemma of corruption. Meanwhile, many countries, governments, businesses and politicians profit from a world order where integrity cannot be enforced and perpetuate the current status quo.Rethinking Corruption will be crucial reading for academics and students of political science, sociology and law seeking to understand the theoretical dimensions of corruption. It will also be an enlightening read for policy makers, administrators and practitioners looking to rethink how corruption can manifest.Trade Review‘After decades of indifferent results, and in the face of ever-more challenging cases, anti-corruption analysts need fresh ideas more than ever. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi begins by asking how we should understand anti-corruption in diverse contexts, and then explores connections to democracy, capitalism, public policy, and citizens’ experiences. She develops essential questions and insights guiding new responses to abuses of power.’ -- Michael Johnston, Colgate University, US‘Alina Mungiu Pippidi invites us to rethink corruption because there is a permanent shifting of meanings and paradigms. This excellent book by a superstar analyst outlines the big picture, and weaves through policy analysis and measurement, and how corruption fits with democracy and capitalism.’ -- Adam Graycar, University of Adelaide, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Rethinking how we approach corruption 2. The policy analysis of corruption problems 3. Rethinking actionable measurement 4. Rethinking corruption and democracy 5. Rethinking capitalism and corruption 6. Rethinking corruption as a social dilemma 7. The post-truth about corruption References Index

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Book SynopsisBased on 12 years of research on corruption across the globe, this book presents four empirical case studies which illustrate the cultural, cognitive, and social implications of corruption. Davide Torsello examines the socio-institutional, organizational, and cognitive-hermeneutical aspects of the cultural theory model of corruption.This insightful book proposes an innovative theoretical framework on how the notion of culture can be used to understand corruption as an inexplicable yet resilient phenomenon. Chapters examine the hermeneutical, cultural, and social aspects of corruption, the unravelling political–business corruption in contemporary Japan, and the relationship between organizational culture and corruption. Torsello advises on how to deal with corruption by asking questions that have often been ignored in mainstream literature and suggests that the investigation of corruption must focus on larger societal fields, rather than more limited individual–organizational ones, although ultimately the decision to indulge or not in such a criminal act is of the individual and reflects their own degree of self-awareness.Illustrating multidimensional perspectives on mainstream theories of corruption, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars in cultural sociology, political studies, public administration and management, and public policy. It will also be beneficial for practitioners working in criminology, local and national governance, politics, and social policy.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Theorizing corruption across disciplines 1. Hermeneutical constructions of corruption in societies 2. Corruption as cultural bias—grid-group theory 3. The social nature of corruption 4. Cultural approaches to institutional corruption 5. The golden triangle: unraveling political–business corruption in Japan 6. Organizational culture and corruption 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers an in-depth analysis of the intersection between populism and corruption, addressing phenomena that have been, so far, largely treated separately. Bringing together two dynamic and well-established fields of study, it proposes a theoretical framework for the study of populism and corruption in order to update our understanding of specific forms of each in a variety of socio-political settings.International contributors consider the simultaneous growth of populist rhetoric and political corruption, suggesting systematic methods for analysing the interconnection between them. Chapters further examine the effects of socio-political and historical contexts, outlining histories of political scandals and anti-corruption crusades. Taking a cross-national perspective, the book provides case study analyses of the corruption-populism intersection under diverse political systems including Brazil, France, Israel, Mexico and the USA.Raising critical questions for future research into the connections between the fields, Populism and Corruption offers crucial insights for scholars, researchers and students of political science, sociology and law, particularly those interested in contemporary populist movements. It will also benefit practitioners hoping to act on recent trends in political organizing and policymakers eager to combat political corruption.Trade Review‘Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phélippeau have collected an excellent series of chapters on the connection of populism to corruption.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Populism and Corruption 1 Jonathan Mendilow PART I SOME FACTORS UNDERLYING THE ASSOCIATION OF POPULISM WITH CORRUPTION 2 Populism and the corruption of pluralist governance structures 37 Frank Rusciano 3 Corrupt elites, pure people and double standards? Attitudes of Central European populist and mainstream political party sympathisers to systemic and individual corruption 57 Roman Chytilek PART II POPULISM AND CORRUPTION: A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 4 One man’s swamp 87 Olivia Newman 5 Populism and corruption in Israel – from a clientelist point of view 107 Ina Kubbe and Edna Harel-Fisher 6 Populist grammar, politicians and judges: a case study of political corruption in Brazil 128 Elizangela Valarini and Maria Eugenia Trombini 7 Corruption and populism in East-Central post-communist Europe: the egg, the hen and the omelet 152 Michael Shafir 8 Corruption and populism in Mexico: is AMLO the same formula against corruption? 189 Irma Méndez de Hoyos, Tomislav Lendo and Ulises Flores Llanos 9 Populist opposition in France: rhetoric vs. practical constraints 215 Éric Phélippeau PART III TESTING POPULIST CLAIMS 10 Who pays for populism? 242 Robert G. Boatright 11 How to examine populist claims? A social network analysis 268 Rodrigo Rossi Horochovski, Wagner Pralon Mancuso and Ivan Jairo Junckes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the form, dynamics, and main reasons for media capture and conspiracy between editors and executive politicians in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since 2000. Situated in the literatures on Europeanization, democratization, party studies, and media studies, the book aims to connect these fields by showing that internal party dynamics play an important role in motivating executive politicians to hijack or collaborate with media. Against this backdrop, the book tells the story of Croatian journalism in the context of media-mafia conglomerates, political corruption, and media hijacking, and examines how "traditional" democratic drivers that the literature frequently cites, such as Europeanization and party competition, failed to prevent systematic transgressions by politicians. Methodologically, the book takes a two-pronged approach. First, nearly 50 interviews were conducted with Croatian investigative journalists, from which the narratives about the relationships between government politicians and editors over 15 years were reconstructed. In a second step, a sample of 40,000 media articles was subjected to a computational sentiment analysis, covering the same 15-year period and showing high levels of cooperation between corrupt politicians and corrupt media outlets.Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Measurement and Methods of Data Collection3. Historical Overview – Establishment of Formal Particularism and the First Transition in the 1990s4. Ivica Račan and Jadranka Kosor: Steps to Universalism5. Ivo Sanader and Zoran Milanović: Regression to Particularism6. Quantitative Text Analysis7. What Motivated the Shifts between Particularism and Universalism?8. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisHoy, el sometimiento comienza por la lengua.La resistencia, también.En las democracias occidentales del siglo XXI se libra una batalla silenciosa por el control del pensamiento. Bajo conceptos aparentemente nobles como inclusión, sostenibilidad o justicia social se esconde un sofisticado sistema de manipulación que redefine la realidad, reescribe la historia y condiciona la conciencia colectiva.La dictadura del lenguaje es un análisis riguroso de cómo el progre-sismo, la cultura woke, la Agenda 2030, el globalismo y la cultura de la cancelación utilizan el lenguaje como caballo de Troya para erosionar los fundamentos de Occidente: la libertad individual, la identidad cultural, los valores trascendentes y el pensamiento crítico.A través de eufemismos calculados, neologismos estratégicos y distorsiones semánticas, estas corrientes transforman el debate público en un campo minado donde disentir se vuelve peligroso y pensar libremente, subversivo. Corrección política, lenguaje inclusivo, microagresiones, privilegio, sostenibilidad, cancelación... cada término es una pieza en un engranaje más amplio de ingeniería social que opera desde la política, la educación, los medios y las redes sociales, imponiendo una nueva ortodoxia moral y silenciando voces discordantes.Con rigor documental y más de 150 referencias, Antonio Peñalver expone esta estrategia global analizando 168 términos clave que funcionan como instrumentos de dominio simbólico. Pero esta obra va más allá del diagnóstico: es un acto de resistencia intelectual y una invitación urgente a recuperar el sentido auténtico de las palabras.El mayor triunfo de una tiranía no es controlar las acciones, sino lograr que las víctimas amen su servidumbre. Aldous Huxley

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Book SynopsisMiquel Giménez, periodista con más de treinta y cinco años en los medios y veintitrés como militante del PSC, define el sanchismo como un virus: una patología política que destruye España desde dentro.España atraviesa una crisis inédita bajo el sanchismo. La mentira se hace norma, la división estrategia y el futuro nacional, un rehén de intereses personales y partidistas. Este libro disecciona cómo Pedro Sánchez ha convertido cada institución en un instrumento de poder personal. La justicia colonizada por jueces afines. La educación entregada al adoctrinamiento woke. Los medios comprados con subvenciones. Los sindicatos transformados en correas de transmisión. Las Fuerzas Armadas ninguneadas. La inmigración ilegal como arma electoral.TODO AL SERVICIO DE UN SOLO OBJETIVO: PERPETUARSE EN LA MONCLOA ALIADO CON SEPARATISTAS, COMUNISTAS Y HEREDEROS DE ETA.Con estilo incisivo, Giménez traza un paralelismo inquietante: la coalición que sostiene a Sánchez reproduce el Frente Popular de 1936. El mismo revanchismo, el mismo sectarismo, el mismo desprecio por España. Pero este no es solo un libro de denuncia. Es también una llamada a la resistencia civil. Porque todavía estamos a tiempo de decir basta. De recuperar la verdad frente a la mentira, la unidad frente a la división, el orgullo de ser españoles.Una advertencia. Un diagnóstico. Un grito de alarma antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

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Book SynopsisThis book tackles the challenging topic of corruption. It explores the evolution of a global prohibition regime against corrupt activity (the global anti-corruption regime). It analyses the structure of the transnational legal framework against corruption, evaluating the impact of global anti-corruption efforts at a national level. The book focuses on the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as the primary tool of the global anti-corruption regime. It provides new and engaging material gathered in the field, including first-hand accounts from actors at international, regional, and domestic levels. By documenting the experiences of diverse actors, the book makes a substantial contribution to literature on corruption and anti-corruption efforts. Synthesising empirical research with an exploration of theoretical literature on corruption and regime evolution results in novel suggestions for improvement of the global anti-corruption regime and its legal tools.ThTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Setting the Stage - Corruption and the Global Anti-Corruption Regime; 2: The United Nations Convention against Corruption - The Primary Tool of the Global Anti-Corruption Regime; 3: Corruption and Anti-Corruption in the South Pacific Context - Key Actors, Values, and Interests; 4: The Case Study of Papua New Guinea; 5: Experience from the Field - Insight into the Implementation and Enforcement of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Papua New Guinea; 6: Seeking Answers - Understanding the United Nations Convention against Corruption and its Role in Papua New Guinea; 7: The Final Question - Possibilities for the Future and Concluding Remarks;

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Book SynopsisSport is a global phenomenon engaging billions of people and generating annual revenues of more than US$ 145 billion. Problems in the governance of sports organisations, fixing of matches and staging of major sporting events have spurred action on many fronts. Yet attempts to stop corruption in sport are still at an early stage.The Global Corruption Report (GCR) on sport is the most comprehensive analysis of sports corruption to date. It consists of more than 60 contributions from leading experts in the fields of corruption and sport, from sports organisations, governments, multilateral institutions, sponsors, athletes, supporters, academia and the wider anti-corruption movement. This GCR provides essential analysis for understanding the corruption risks in sport, focusing on sports governance, the business of sport, planning of major events, and match-fixing. It highlights the significant work that has already been done and presents new approaches to strengthening intTrade Review"Transparency International have for years undertaken valuable, authoritative work on governance issues of vital importance in sport, and the concerns they have raised have been repeatedly vindicated. The research and insights in this book provide another major contribution to the recognition that sports must be true to the love people have for them."–David Conn, The Guardian"At last a truly comprehensive, critical and impassioned look at the whole range of governance and corruption issues that have engulfed global sport. For those that want to know what has been going on, why, and how to do something about it, this book will be their first point of call."–David Goldblatt, author of The Game Of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football, 2015 William Hill Sports Book Of The YearTable of ContentsPart 1 Governance of sport: the global view Part 2 Money, markets and private interests in football Part 3 Events in the spotlight Part 4 Match Fixing Part 5 The US model: collegiate sports and corruption Part 6 The role of participants: within and beyond the sports family

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Book SynopsisThis Element discusses how pervasive cronyism and restricted suffrage are destroying democratic capitalism as a national ideal and offers suggestions on how the promise of US-style democratic capitalism can be restored. To this end, the author draws on the work of political philosopher and democracy advocate Danielle Allen in calling attention to the principle of political equality, as well as the two related sub-principles of reciprocity and power sharing, as essential guides. Based on these ideas, a series of practical steps is suggested to make economic and political markets more democratic by curbing cronyism and expanding citizens'' access to the political processes governing the nation. The author also discusses how private corporations can become more ''democracy supporting.'' The Element ends with some reflections on the moral culture required to restore and sustain public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism as a system of economic and political governance.

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