Format:
Online-Ressource (226 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781137023858
Series Statement:
Crime Prevention and Security Management
Content:
This book reveals the extent, types, investigation, enforcement and governance of international corruption. Providing a unique international coverage, it reveals the limits of current anti-corruption strategies and explores the involvement of western democratic states in corruption.
Content:
〈p 〉This book reveals the extent, types, investigation, enforcement and governance of international corruption. Providing a unique international coverage, it reveals the limits of current anti-corruption strategies and explores the involvement of western democratic states in corruption. 〈p 〉 〈p 〉
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editor's Introduction; Introduction; Part I: Defining, Measuring and Explaining Corruption; 1 Defining Corruption; Introduction; Problems of definition; Law, politics and culture: Competing definitions?; Forms of corruption; Typologies of corruption; Conclusion; 2 Measuring Corruption; Introduction; Measuring corruption; Comparing aggregated indices; Concerns with CPI and WGI; Measuring corruption trends; Measuring corruption victimisation; Micro-approaches to measuring corruption levels and responses to corruption; Measuring responses to corruption
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Conclusion3 Explaining Corruption; Introduction; Economic variables as a cause of corruption; Demographic and cultural explanations of corruption; Political, legal and bureaucratic systems as explanations for corruption; Applying criminological theory to corruption; Tackling corruption; Conclusion; Part II: Limits to Legislation, the Exposure and Sanctions Available to Punish Corruption; 4 International Compliance: The Limitations to Legislation; A brief review of 'western' international legislation and corruption; The limitations of legislation: A legal problem
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The limitations of legislation: A cultural issueThe limitations of legislation: A moral dilemma; Sanctions as a new form of cultural control to protect western interests; Conclusion; 5 Encouraging Exposure; Introduction; Defining the problem: What is whistleblowing?; The limits to legislation; Internal qualifying disclosures; External qualifying disclosures; Whistleblowing in the US; The inadequacies of SOX; 'Help from the inside': Understanding exposure in fighting corruption; Anonymity; The motivation to expose corruption; Characteristics of the organisation; Position of power
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Explaining whistleblowing: A combination of theoretical modelsA combination of models; Conclusion; 6 Threats, Persuasion and Sanctions as an Aid to Tackling Corruption; Introduction; The reach of bribery and corruption; The 'processes' in place to counter bribery and corruption at national and international level; Enforcing the law and regulations: Level/threshold of evidence; Conclusion; Part III: State Crime, State Capture and Private Sector Corruption; 7 State Capture, Corruption and the Use of Force; Introduction; What is state crime?; A framework for state crime
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Corruption and state captureDeveloping a framework of state capture; Conclusion; 8 Private Organisations as an Extension of Government Power; Introduction; State capture and Iraq; State capture and Africa; State capture and private military contractors; Lack of regulation and accountability; Conclusion; 9 Is All Corruption Bad? Understanding Individual and Organisational Vested Self-Interest; Introduction; Understanding corruption; Two views of corruption; 'Grease the wheels'; 'Sand in the wheels'; The resource curse: The paradox of poverty from plenty
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption
Additional Edition:
9781137023865
Additional Edition:
9781137023858
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Preventing Corruption : Investigation, Enforcement and Governance
Language:
English
Keywords:
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