Unbundling Corruption: Revisiting Six Questions on Corruption
In: Global Perspectives, 2020
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In: Global Perspectives, 2020
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In: Journal of politics in Latin America, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 348-361
ISSN: 1868-4890
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In: Journal of public administration and governance, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 186
ISSN: 2161-7104
Corruption exists in all political jurisdictions globally, but it is believed to be more pronounced in transitional democracies especially African countries. Due to the extent of corruption in African countries, scholars and practitioners in the fields of public policy and development studies suggest that corruption has significantly undermined, and continues to undermine development on the continent. Using Africa as a case study and selected theoretical models, this paper views corruption as a transaction process and provides a model to explain how the transaction occurs between the actors involved. It also explores how corruption diminishes efforts towards the development of Africa, and proposes a comprehensive framework that can be adopted to curb the canker of corruption in Africa. The study adopted the content analysis technique within qualitative study. It thus, draws extensively on existing literature available in peer reviewed articles, conference and government reports, books and magazines. Among the key findings of the study are that; corruption is a two-way affair, which manifests in some sort of demand and supply. It was also found out that the prevalence of weak bureaucratic institutions and systems (context) and the manner of how transactions are conducted (process) all contribute to promotion of corruption in developing African countries. In order to address the problem of corruption, the study recommends the adoption of a holistic approach, which involves a strong political will to enforce law and order, strengthening state institutions to detect, expose and prosecute culprits irrespective of their status and political affiliation. The paper also suggests that bureaucratic and political elites should take the lead in fighting corruption by conducting themselves in a manner that will inspire trust and confidence in the entire political system.
In: Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy, 2014, Forthcoming
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In: Prokla: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, Band 33, Heft 131, S. 235-256
ISSN: 2700-0311
Corruption is a systemic inherent mechanism of the the modem capitalist economy. The forms of corruption are always ahead of the the law, today dominate the different forms of "legalized corruption" (consultant contracts for politicians, rewards for the top management without performance, and similar). The global structure of corruption in different stages is shown by the examples Lockheed, Elf Aquitaine, Enron and private garbage incineration plants in german cities. The actual neoliberal globalism has generated the most advanced stage of national and global corruption in the history of capitalism. The standards are developed mainly in the United States of America. During the last decade anti-corruptionprograms and laws have been elaborated. The worldwide anti-corruption organisation "Transparency International" has reached high estimation in companies und international organisations (World Bank and others) but shows the first signs of collusion.
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In: Rethinking Political Science and International Studies Series
Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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.
In: PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO; Vol. 10, No. 3 (2017). Special issue: Anti-Corruption Movements; 661-692
In the last decades, a growing awareness has emerged in progressive social movements about the relevance of corruption as a hidden factor that negatively influences political and economic decision-making processes in both liberal-democratic and authoritarian regimes. Rampant corruption has been denounced by social movements, which have developed specific diagnostic and prognostic frames as well as knowledge and practices for the social accountability of political and economic powers. This contribution maps some of the characteristics of civil society as anti-corruption actors, reflecting on the theoretical challenges they present for social movement theory and for research on corruption and anti-corruption. In order to understand the emergence and outcomes of these mobilizations against corruption, it bridges two bodies of literature which have only very rarely crossed paths: corruption studies and social movement studies. Departing from the traditional visions of anti-corruption from below within corruption studies, the article brings upon social movement studies in order to synthetize some of the main context, organizational forms and framing of (anti-)corruption in today's contentious politics.
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