Corruption in a Global Context
This book provides an important survey of the causes and current state of corruption across a range of nations and regions. Delving into the diverse ways in which corruption is being combatted, the book explores and describes efforts to inculcate principles of ethical conduct in citizens, private sector actors, and public sector personnel and institutions.
Corruption is a global condition that affects every type of government, at every level, and has bewitched scholars of governance from ancient times to the present day. The book brings together chapters on a range of state and regional corruption experiences, framing them in terms of efforts to enhance ethical conduct and achieve integrity in government practices and operations. In addition, the book addresses and analyzes the theoretical and practical bases of ethics that form the background and historical precepts of efforts to create integrity in government practices, and finally assesses recent international efforts to address corruption on an international scale.
This book will be perfect for researchers and upper-level students of public administration, comparative government, international development, criminal justice, and corruption.
Melchior Powell is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Administration at California State University, Long Beach, USA.
Dina Wafa is Founding Director, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy Executive Education, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Tim A. Mau is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
The series features innovative and original research on the subject of corruption from scholars around the world. As well as documenting and analysing corruption, the series aims to discuss anti-corruption initiatives and endeavours, in an attempt to demonstrate ways forward for countries and institutions where the problem is widespread. The series particularly promotes comparative and interdisciplinary research targeted at a global readership.
In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws broadly on the tool kit of the social sciences in general, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.
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Natalia A. Volosin
Corruption in a Global Context
Restoring Public Trust, Integrity, and Accountability
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Corruption in a Global Context
Restoring Public Trust, Integrity, and Accountability
Edited by Melchior Powell, Dina Wafa, and Tim A. Mau
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Names: Powell, Melchior, editor.
Title: Corruption in a global context : restoring public trust, integrity, and accountability / Edited by Melchior Powell, Dina Wafa, and Tim A. Mau.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020. | Series: Routledge corruption and anti-corruption studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019033640 (print) | LCCN 2019033641 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367421403 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367822125 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Political corruptionPrevention. | Civil service ethics. | CorporationsCorrupt practices.
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Raymond W. Cox III is Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He received his PhD in Public Administration and Policy from Virginia Tech. Dr. Cox is the author of more than 70 academic and professional publications. He chaired three Sections for the American Society for Public Administration: Public Administration Education, Ethics, and Intergovernmental Administration and Management. He is currently a member of the board of ASPAs section on International and Comparative Administration. He served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, developing a performance-measurement training program for mid-level managers in the government of Latvia. Later he created a career-development training program for that government. In 2007, he was selected as Research Chair in Public Policy at McGill University under the Fulbright Program. During a career that has spanned fully four decades, Dr. Cox has had four stints in the public service, at the local, state and federal levels.
David U. Enweremadu is Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration at the University of Ibadan. Professor Enweremadu holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, and an M.A. and PhD from the Institute dEtudes Politiques, Universit Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, France. Since 2008 he has worked as the In-Country Research Co-ordinator (for Nigeria) for the Tracking Development (TD) Project, funded by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the African Studies Centre, ASC, Leiden University and the In-Country Research Affiliate (for Nigeria) for the Index of African Governance Project, managed by the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, the Kennedy School of Government, and Harvard University. His research interests include politics and development in Africa, anti-corruption and public sector Reforms in Nigeria and has published in a range of local and international journals. He is also the co-editor of
