Description
Linked to declining levels of trust in core state actors and bodies, corruption has emerged as a key challenge to effective and legitimate governance, posing a growing threat to political stability. This comprehensive work addresses the most pressing debates in the field, covering the evolution of different concepts and approaches to analysing corruption, how it manifests in practice across key areas, and the prospects of different ways to tackle it.
This interdisciplinary Research Agenda contains state-of-the-art surveys of the field of corruption and points towards an agenda for future research. Chapters explore top political and grassroots corruption, buying and stealing votes, corruption in relation to gender and the media, digital anti-corruption and an examination of whistleblowing and market-based tools. The book also offers the most advanced research in the measurement of corruption.
Providing a detailed overview of the key questions and research areas in corruption studies, this Research Agenda will be a vital resource for scholars and students of corruption, governance and public administration. International anti-corruption NGOs and agencies will also benefit from the up-to-date survey of the core challenges they are seeking to address.
Contributors include: C. Berti, M. Bocchiola, R. Bratu, E. Ceva, G.O Erlingsson, M. Fazekas, P.M. Heywood, D. Iragorri Carter, D. Jackson, N. Kossow, G.H. Kristinsson, I. Kubbe, N. Koebis, M. Loli, I. Mares, R.M.B. Kukutschka, O. Merkle, A. Mungiu-Pippidi, M.C. Vinciguerra, S. Wickberg, L. Young
About the Author
Edited by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Comparative Public Policy, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy and Paul M. Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics, University of Nottingham, UK
Reviews
'Corruption studies is enjoying a renaissance right now, which is no surprise given the urgent need to find more effective ways to fight it. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Paul Heywood have brought together an impressive and eclectic group of authors to help set out what a new research agenda on corruption might look like, and everyone in the field will benefit from reading it.'
--Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham, UK
'This volume is a fine collection of results and perspectives on corruption, and helps readers find coherence across disciplines through the lens of political science.'
--Tina Soreide, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
'Like the reform movement itself, corruption research needs a reboot. Mungiu-Pippidi and Heywood have assembled a provocative collection that questions old assumptions and takes a fresh look at unresolved issues. Several chapters examine the dynamics of corrupt processes as they fit into broader realities. Concluding chapters examine reforms and reformers themselves, developing propositions about the best way forward.
--Michael Johnston, Colgate University, US
Book Information
ISBN 9781789904994
Author Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Format Hardback
Page Count 232
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
