Rethinking corruption : reasons behind the failure of anti-corruption efforts / Lucio Picci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Picci, Lucio, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corruption.

Corruption--Prevention.

Corruption--Russia (Federation).

Corruption--Prevention--Russia (Federation).

Corruption--Brazil.

Corruption--Prevention--Brazil.

Corruption--United States.

Corruption--Prevention--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The book is relevant to persons interested in public governance, comparative politics and the politics of Brazil, Russia, and the United States. It would also be accessible to Ph.D. and motivated upper-division students, and to practitioners. The arguments are presented rigorously, but also in a captivating manner"--

Contents:

Introduction

The consensus on corruption

The mutual shaping of measures and concept

Of causality and historical junctures

What we talk about when we talk about corruption : some methodological considerations

The carrot and the stick : systemic corruption in Russia

Corruption as the glue of the system : the case of Brazil

Legal corruption in the United States of America

Legal corruption and other societal geographies

A problem of control : corruption is a tool of government

Fighting corruption, fighting for corruption

Conclusions : whither corruption?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2024).

ISBN:

9781009468831

1009468839

9781009468824

1009468820

9781009468855

1009468855