Shifting Obsessions: Three Essays on the Politics of Anti-Corruption

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krastev, Ivan, 1965- Author.

Contributor:

Neier, Aryeh, 1937- Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Central European University Press 2004

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A global anti-corruption crusade is underway. "As slavery was once a way of life and now has become obsolete and incomprehensible, so the practice of bribery will become obsolete," a modern-day moralist has said. But how is global consensus on corruption possible? Why are anti -corruption campaigns running out of steam, and why are post-communist societies obsessed with corruption? This book is not a study of anti-corruption policies. Instead, it looks at the politics of anti-corruption. Policies are what institutions do. But in analyzing politics, this book seeks to discover why institutions do what they do. The author delves into political motivations at a time when "combating corruption" is the fashion among the academic community. Krastev argues that anti-corruption sentiments are not driven by the actual level of corruption but by general disappointment with liberal reforms that cause rising social inequality. In this collection of essays, the author makes the provocative argument that the current corruption-focused policies are doomed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

When “Should” Does Not Imply “Can.” The Making of the Washington Consensus on Corruption

Corruption, Anticorruption Sentiments and the Rule of Law

The Missing Incentive: Corruption, Anticorruption, and Reelection

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611376987

9786155053894

6155053898

9781281376985

1281376981

9781423717478

1423717473

OCLC:

1024262375