Where Corruption Lives

Type
Book
Authors
CAIDEN ( Gerald E ; O. P Dwivedi; Joseph G Jabbra )
 
ISBN 10
1565491335 
ISBN 13
9781565491335 
Category
320 PoliticalScience  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2001 
Publisher
Pages
273 
Subject
Political corruption; 
Description
* Provides feasible remedies for institutionalized corruption * First book providing comprehensive coverage of corruption in governance Where Corruption Lives is an up-to-date and thorough global survey of official corruption in governance. It ties theoretical perspectives to common practices throughout the world, comparing liberal democracies with relatively clean governance and autocracies with institutional corruption.The contributors explore initiatives being taken by national governments and international organizations to combat corrupt practices, and assess their chances of success or failure. No comparable study of official corruption exists, making this book fundamental reading for students of comparative politics, public administration, and public ethics. - from Amzon 
Biblio Notes
Table of Contents
1 Introduction by Gerald E. Caiden and O. P. Dwivedi and Joseph Jabbra....p. 1
2 Corruption and Governance by Gerald E. Caiden ..................................p. 15
3 Corruption in the United States by Richard D. White, Jr. ........................p. 39
4 Governance and Corruption in Canada by O. P. Dwivedi and Maureen Mancuso.................................................................................................p. 57
5 France's Elf Scandals Douglas Andrew Yates by .................................p. 69
6 Tackling Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe Tomasz Anusiewicz and
Tony Verheijen and Antoaneta L. Dimitrova .......................................p. 79
7 Corruption and the Lack of Accountability in the Middle East Joseph G. Jabbra
and Nancy W. Jabbra ......................................................................p. 91
8 Governance and Corruption in West Africa Dele Olowu p. 105
9 Understanding Corruption in the South African Public Sector Victor Grove
Hilliard and Henry F. Wissink ...........................................................p. 119
10 Combating Corruption in the Asia Pacific Region Jon S.T. Quah...........p. 131
11 The Culture of Corruption in Post-Mao China Stephen K. Ma ..............p. 145
12 Government Corruption in Latin America Jorge Nef ..........................p. 159
13 Corruption in Australia: Its Prevention and Control Peter Larmour and Peter
Grabosky ...................................................................................p. 175
14 Transparency International's Network to Curb Global Corruption Fredrik
Galtung........................................................................................p. 189
15 The UNDP Integrity Improvement Initiatives Pauline F. Tamesis.........p. 207
16 The International Anticorruption Campaigns: Whose Ethics? Demetrios
Argyriades ....................................................................................p. 217
17 Corruption and Democracy Gerald E. Caiden ....................................p. 227
18 Official Ethics and Corruption Gerald E. Caiden and O. P. Dwivedi .......p. 245  
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