Corruption, anti-corruption and governance
By: Dan Hough, Professor of Politics, University of Sussex, UK
Series: Political corruption and governance series; Political corruption and governance series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781137268709
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Political corruption; Prevention
Description: "Corruption and anti-corruption are now mainstream public policy challenges. Politicians and the public alike now discuss corruption with the type of rhetoric that they never did before. Perhaps surprisingly, however there remains little detailed, cross-national analysis of which anti-corruption strategies work and which don't. This book aims to make a contribution towards redressing this imbalance. Through case studies in six countries (Bangladesh, Kenya, Germany, Poland, South Korea and the UK) this book illustrates that those looking to fight corruption must understand that quality of governance and successful anti-corruption strategies are indelibly linked. Only when this relationship is understood, will progress in tackling corruption be made. The book is empirically rich and theoretically driven, and should be core reading for anyone interested in understanding why corruption flourishes and what works in trying to fight it."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Rise and Rise of the Global Anti-corruption Movement; title: Governance Regimes and the Fight Against Corruption; title: Bangladesh and Kenya; Tough Talk, Small Steps, Ineffectual Outcomes; title: South Korea and Poland; Tough Talk, Small Steps, Contested Outcomes; title: Germany and the UK; The Slow and Winding Road to Reform; title: Conclusion.