[PDF] Political Corruption In A World In Transition eBook

Author : Jonathan Mendilow
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1622737695

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This book argues that the mainstream definitions of corruption, and the key expectations they embed concerning the relationship between corruption, democracy, and the process of democratization, require reexamination. Even critics who did not consider stable institutions and legal clarity of veteran democracies as a cure-all, assumed that the process of widening the influence on government decision making and implementation allows non-elites to defend their interests, define the acceptable sources and uses of wealth, and demand government accountability. This had proved correct, especially insofar as ‘petty corruption’ is involved. But the assumption that corruption necessarily involves the evasion of democratic principles and a ‘market approach’ in which the corrupt seek to maximize profit does not exhaust the possible incentives for corruption, the types of behaviors involved (for obvious reasons, the tendency in the literature is to focus on bribery), or the range of situations that ‘permit’ corruption in democracies. In the effort to identify some of the problems that require recognition, and to offer a more exhaustive alternative, the chapters in this book focus on corruption in democratic settings (including NGOs and the United Nations which were largely so far ignored), while focusing mainly on behaviors other than bribery.

Author : András Sajó
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 963386464X

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Based on two international conferences at Princeton University and the Central European University, this is a handy guide to the problem of corruption in transition countries, with an important comparative content. Political Corruption in Transition is distinguished from similar publications by at least two features: by the quality of the carefully selected and edited essays ans by its original treatment. Instead of the usual preaching and excommunications, this Skeptic`s Handbook represents down-to-earth realism. Combines general issues with case studies and original research. The geographic coverage is wide, though it is ideas rather than a geography that drive the volume`s organization.

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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,59 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821348024

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With the increasing recognition across the world of the damaging effects of corruption on economic growth and social stability. This report seeks to unpack the varied practices of corruption to identify and compare different patterns of the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It then draws out lessons for tailoring anticorruption strategies to address the variation across the region in an effort to target reforms more effectively. The report draws on many sources of ongoing research and lessons of experience, including the World Bank's work in this area. It is intended as a contribution to the growing policy dialogue on developing practical strategies for reducing corruption.

Author : Susan Rose-Ackerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1999-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521659123

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How high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government.

Author : Mr.Vito Tanzi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 1998-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1451848390

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Corruption is attracting a lot of attention around the world. The paper surveys and discusses issues related to the causes, consequences, and scope of corruption and possible corrective actions. It emphasizes the costs of corruption in terms of economic growth. It also emphasizes that the fight against corruption may not be cheap and cannot be independent from the reform of the state. If certain reforms are not made, corruption is likely to continue to be a problem regardless of actions directly aimed at curtailing it.

Author : Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 27,83 MB
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1786439158

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Why have so few countries managed to leave systematic corruption behind, while in many others modernization is still a mere façade? How do we escape the trap of corruption, to reach a governance system based on ethical universalism? In this unique book, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Michael Johnston lead a team of eminent researchers on an illuminating path towards deconstructing the few virtuous circles in contemporary governance. The book combines a solid theoretical framework with quantitative evidence and case studies from around the world. While extracting lessons to be learned from the success cases covered, Transitions to Good Governance avoids being prescriptive and successfully contributes to the understanding of virtuous circles in contemporary good governance.

Author : Jonathan Mendilow
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0739194690

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This book deals with large-scale, systemic corruption, a phenomenon that it identifies as part of the political landscape in most, if not all, societies of the contemporary world. While the analysis is grounded in the political thought of earlier thinkers, especially Edmund Burke, and integrates the insights of several modern analysts of corruption, the volume offers a new, updated theoretical perspective on the topic. This perspective reflects deep concerns with corruption in a world facing accelerated social transition, increased economic polarization, and growing distrust toward political elites in many countries. This book approaches corrupt practices both theoretically and empirically, offering the perspectives of scholars who come to the topic from different traditions and cultures. It contains the collective efforts of members of the Research Committee on Political Finance and Public Corruption of the International Political Science Association. In formulating a comprehensive approach on corruption, the volume offers insights in regard to new developments in the United States, in Middle Eastern countries (especially in the wake of the Arab Spring), in several European counties (Austria, Italy, Spain), as well as in the People’s Republic of China. The analysis goes beyond the traditional legal definitions of corruption or purely economic views of it and focuses more broadly on institutional, cultural, and normative dimensions of this globally important phenomenon.

Author : James Horton Anderson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821366939

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Examines patterns and trends in corruption in business-government interactions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the progress achieved by countries in addressing it. The findings of this third volume are derived by a large-scale survey undertaken in collaboration with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. "The Anticorruption in Transition Series" examines patterns and trends in corruption in business-government interactions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the progress achieved by countries in addressing it. The findings of this third volume, derived by a large-scale survey undertaken in collaboration with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, indicate continued improvement in many countries. Thanks to their reform efforts and external/internal drivers of change.

Author : Leslie Holmes
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 25,7 MB
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822337928

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DIVAnalyzes the scale, location, makeup, causes, and consequences of corruption in the post-communist world./div

Author : Hui Wang
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674009325

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Analysing the transformations that China has undertaken since 1989, Wang Hui argues that it features elements of the new global order as a whole in which considerations of economic growth and development have trumped every other concern, particularly democracy and social justice.