Corruption Scandals and Their Global Impacts
Corruption scandals receive significant press coverage and scrutiny from practitioners of global governance and bilateral and multilateral donors. Across the globe, the annual publication of Transparency Internationals Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and the World Banks Worldwide Governance Indicators elicits spirited denials and accusations of targeting, of neo-colonialism. Poor measures on corruption indices and the ensuing negative publicity can have serious consequences both externally, through a freeze or retraction of donor funding, and internally, through reducing availability of public funds and harming the credibility of serving governments and institutions.
Corruption Scandals and Their Global Impacts tracks several major corruption scandals across the world in a comparative analysis to assess the full impact of global corruption. Over the course of the book, the contributors deliberate the exposure and reporting of corruption scandals, demonstrate how corruption inhibits development on different levels and across different countries, the impact it has on the country in question, how citizens and authorities respond to corruption, and some local, regional and global policy and legislative measures to combat corruption.
The chapters examine the transnational manifestation of corruption scandals around the world, from developed countries and regions such as the United States and the European Union, to BRIC countries Brazil and Russia, to developing countries such as Belarus, Jamaica, Kenya and Nigeria. In each case, chapters highlight the scandal; its impact; the local, regional and global responses; and the subsequent global perceptions of the country. Concluding with a review of the global impacts of corruption scandals, this book provides an important comparative analysis which will be useful to students and scholars of international development and politics, as well as to development practitioners, donors, politicians and policy makers.
Omar E. Hawthorne is Lecturer of International Relations at University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Stephen Magu is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hampton University, USA.
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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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Philmore Alleyne is Senior Lecturer in Accounting in the Department of Management Studies at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, and is also a chartered accountant by profession. He conducts research in whistleblowing, accounting and auditing issues, corporate governance, business ethics and finance and lectures in accounting and auditing courses.
Ann Marie Bissessar is Professor of Public Management with the Department of Political Science at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is the author/co-editor of 19 books and approximately 80 journal articles with peer-reviewed journals. She served as a member of the Integrity Commission 20102013 and sits as a member of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Academic Initiative Against Corruption (ACAD).
Marissa Chandler is a Research Assistant in the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, and is actively involved in the campuss strategic development initiatives. Ms. Chandler conducts research in whistleblowing, corporate governance and business ethics and has research interests in industrial, organizational and social psychology.
Ligia Maura Costa is Professor and head of the Department of Social and Legal Sciences at Escola de Administrao de Empresas de So Paulo, Fundao Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), member of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Academic Initiative Against Corruption (ACAD), and a lawyer in So Paulo, Brazil.
Omar E. Hawthorne is Lecturer of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. She is also a member of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Academic Initiative Against Corruption (ACAD). Her research interests include corruption, good governance, global security and US foreign policy.
Leslie Holmes has been Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne since 1988. He also teaches every year in Warsaw and Beijing, and occasionally at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna. He has authored or edited 16 books, and his work has been published in 16 languages. He specializes in post-communism, corruption and organized crime.
