Civil society and corruption : mobilizing for reform / edited by Michael Johnston ; with a foreword by John Brademas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnston, Michael, 1949-

Colgate University. Center for Ethics and World Societies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption.

Physical Description:

xviii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Mobilizing for reform

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2005]

Summary:

Strong civil societies play a major role in controlling corruption in many societies, and reformers agree that citizens, both individual and organized, should be involved in reform. But accomplishing that goal has proven difficult. Some civil societies are weak, divided, and impoverished. In others, undemocratic regimes dominate through intimidation. And in still other, development difficulties, international debt, and misguided aid efforts stop reform before it can begin. Too often, anti-corruption campaigns do not engage social values or attack corruption as people experience it every day.

This volume, based on a yearlong series of events sponsored by Colgate University's Center for Ethics and World Societies, analyzes civil society and corruption from several perspectives and in several parts of the world. One section considers corruption as a fact of everyday life, a second analyzes techniques and incentives involved in mobilizing civil society, and a third provides a unique guide to information resources on corruption and reform.

Contents:

Civil society mobilized against corruption: Russia and Ukraine / Louise Shelley

Contributions, covenants, and corruption: politicians and society in Japan / Susan Pharr

States, networks, and rents: contrasting corruption in Africa and Asia / Alice Sindzingre

The cultural dimensions of corruption: reflections on Nigeria / Donald Sherk

The big picture: building a sustainable reform movement against corruption in Africa / Sahr J. Kpundeh

Language, culture, and reform in Hong Kong / Jenny C.Y. Chan

Can we fight corruption through debt relief? / Arvind Jain

Seventy-one years of PRI come to an end? / Andrea Suarez Falken

Building social action coalitions for reform / Michael Johnston and Sahr J. Kpundeh

Guide to locating the literature on corruption / Mary Jane Walsh.

Notes:

"Proceedings of the Center for Ethics and World Societies, Colgate University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

076183124X

0761831258

OCLC:

58472867