Corruption, global security, and world order / Robert I. Rotberg, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rotberg, Robert I.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Committee on International Security Studies.

John F. Kennedy School of Government. Program on Intrastate Conflict.

World Peace Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption.

Transnational crime.

Security, International.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation : Harvard Kennedy School Program on Intrastate Conflict : American Academy of Arts & Sciences ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Discusses global ramifications of deeply embedded corruption by criminals and criminalized states. Explores trafficking issues--how nuclear/WMD smugglers coexist with other traffickers. Examines how corruption deprives citizens of fundamental human rights, assesses the connection between corruption and the spread of terror, and proposes remedies to reduce and contain corruption"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

1. How corruption compromises world peace and stability / Robert I. Rotberg

2. Defining corruption : implications for action / Laura S. Underkuffler

3. Defining and measuring corruption : where have we come from, where are we now, and what matters for the future? / Nathaniel Heller

4. Corruption in the wake of domestic national conflict / Susan Rose-Ackerman

5. Kleptocratic interdependence : trafficking, corruption, and the marriage of politics and illicit profits / Kelly M. Greenhill

6. Corruption and nuclear proliferation / Matthew Bunn

7. To bribe or to bomb : do corruption and terrorism go together? / Jessica C. Teets and Erica Chenoweth

8. Corruption, the criminalized state, and post-Soviet transitions / Robert Levgold

9. Combating corruption in traditional societies : Papau New Guinea / Sarah Dix and Emmanuel Pok

10. The travails of Nigeria's anti-corruption crusade / Rotimi T. Suberu

11. The paradoxes of popular participation in corruption in Nigeria / Daniel Jordan Smith

12. Corruption and human rights : exploring the connection / Lucy Koechlin and Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona

13. Leadership alters corrupt behavior / Robert I. Rotberg

14. The role of the multi-national corporation in the long war against corruption / Ben W. Heineman, Jr.

The organization of anti-corruption : getting incentives right / Johann Graff Lambsdorff

16. A coalition to combat corruption : TI, EITI, and civil society / Peter Eigen

17. Reducing corruption in the health and education sectors / Charles C. Griffin

18. Good governance, anti-corruption, and economic development / Jomo Kwame Sundaram.

Notes:

Contains essays originally prepared for discussion at a series of meetings in 2007 and 2008 held by the Committee on International Security Studies of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Program on Intrastate Conflict at the Kennedy School of Government, and the World Peace Foundation -- vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612403651

9780815703969

0815703961

9781282403659

1282403656

OCLC:

489260840