Corruption

Contra Injurias, violencias, corrumpciones sordidas, fraudes enormes, extorsiones illicitas… : enquêtes générales et contrôle des officiers royaux dans la Couronne d’Aragon des années 1340

by Alexandra Beauchamp

published in T. Pécout dir., "Quand gouverner c’est enquêter. Les pratiques politiques de l’enquête princière (Occident, XIIIe-XIVe siècles)". Actes du colloque international d’Aix-en-Provence et Marseille (19-21 mars 2009), Paris, Éditions De Boccard, 2010, p. 55-76.

The Institutional Process of Market Clientelism: Guanxi and Private Business in a South China City

by David Wank

The China Quarterly 147 (September, 1996): 820-838.

Cigarettes and Domination in Chinese Business Networks: Institutional Change in Market Transition

by David Wank

In The Consumer Revolution in Urban China. Edited by Deborah S. Davis, pp. 268-286. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.

La corrupción del Estado

by Fernando Filgueiras

Chapter published in MARQUEZ-FERNADES, Alvaro; DIAZ-MONTIEL, Zulay (eds.)."Justicia Social Emancipatoria, Democracia Ciudadana y Crisis del Estado". Buenos Aires: Aleph, 2010.

Corruption in Greece - Summary of my paper

by Arcadius Pulito

This is a summary of my paper "The never-ending Greek Tragedy" on corruption in Greece, also on Academia.edu

Montesquieu, Tocqueville y la corrupción de la República

by Fernando Filgueiras

Published in Fronésis

This article compares the topic of corruption in politics according to Montesquieu and Tocqueville, in order to... more This article compares the topic of corruption in politics according to Montesquieu and Tocqueville, in order to understand its concept and scope together with the modern political order. In view of theoretical approaches, the study states that Montesquieu and Tocqueville start from the problem of the decline of virtue to think about the problem of corruption in modern republics, in order to find different solutions in the normative plan of their political philosophies. The contribution of this article is to think about the scope of corruption in modern politics, with an eye to conceptual innovation and the methodological approach of Montesquieu and Tocqueville for modern political philosophy.

Controlling corruption in frontline civil service: rules, discretionary power, and reforms in Brazil

by Fernando Filgueiras

Co-authored with Ana Luiza Melo Aranha. Published in Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais

This article analyzes the relationship between the development of new public administration and the perception of... more This article analyzes the relationship between the development of new public administration and the perception of corruption in Brazil under democratic rule. We contend that the reason for the persistently widespread perception of corruption in Brazil is that despite important changes in the institutions with oversight of the Brazilian state, such administrative reforms have assigned limited priority to frontline civil servants. Organizational progress in the new public administration has focused on upper-level public employees, with little impact on the middle and lower echelons, so that practices like graft and bribery between public employees and ordinary citizens are still commonplace. Thus, the management changes have failed to produce a perception of improvement in accountability, and corruption is still seen as common, even within a context of administrative changes.

Corruption in Greece

by Arcadius Pulito

The never-ending Greek tragedy. A paper on the role of Greece in the Euro crisis in 2011,  the colossal proportions of corruption in Greece and the shocking inability and unwillingness of the Greek political class to address the issue.

Greece at the origin of the EU debt crisis

Why Greece is the most corrupt country in Europe
more Greece at the origin of the EU debt crisis

Why Greece is the most corrupt country in Europe

Constantly failed reform plans

Greece's three options

Turning the Page in Forest Governance: Science and Bureaucracy

by nandini velho

Supporting Anti-Corruption Reform in Partner Countries: Concepts, Tools and Areas for Action (Full Report)

by Sumedh Rao

Co-authored with Heather Marquette, Rachel Flanary, and Dominic Morris

Corruption serves as a major impediment to development. Resources intended to address the basic development needs more Corruption serves as a major impediment to development. Resources intended to address the basic development needs
of millions of poor people around the world are diverted and misallocated through various forms of corrupt practices.
donors are becoming increasingly aware of the relationship between corruption and development and taking measures
to mitigate these effects.

This concept paper emphasises that a shared consensus between partner countries, policy-makers and academics is
critical. donors should situate themselves in a position from which they are able to provide the necessary analysis and
support required by partner countries in their own anti-corruption efforts.

The main objective of this paper is to provide insights into the current thinking on anti-corruption in developing countries
in order to enable the EU staff (at the Commission, EEaS and in EU delegations) :

• acquire useful tools to analyse corruption in a given local setting;
• Become better equipped to support the implementation of anti-corruption strategies and policies; and
• to better identify relevant anti-corruption measures so as to improve the mainstreaming of anti-corruption in European
Commission development assistance.

Supporting Anti-Corruption Reform in Partner Countries: Concepts, Tools and Areas for Action (Summary)

by Sumedh Rao

Co-authored with Heather Marquette, Rachel Flanary, and Dominic Morris

Corruption serves as a major impediment to development. Resources intended to address the basic development needs more Corruption serves as a major impediment to development. Resources intended to address the basic development needs
of millions of poor people around the world are diverted and misallocated through various forms of corrupt practices.
donors are becoming increasingly aware of the relationship between corruption and development and taking measures
to mitigate these effects.

This concept paper emphasises that a shared consensus between partner countries, policy-makers and academics is
critical. donors should situate themselves in a position from which they are able to provide the necessary analysis and
support required by partner countries in their own anti-corruption efforts.

The main objective of this paper is to provide insights into the current thinking on anti-corruption in developing countries
in order to enable the EU staff (at the Commission, EEaS and in EU delegations) :

• acquire useful tools to analyse corruption in a given local setting;
• Become better equipped to support the implementation of anti-corruption strategies and policies; and
• to better identify relevant anti-corruption measures so as to improve the mainstreaming of anti-corruption in European
Commission development assistance.

Седлениекс, Клавс, 2007. ' Параллель между Латвией и азанде: коррупция как колдовство в латвийском обществе переходного периода'. В издании БОРЬБА С ВЕТРЯНЫМИ МЕЛЬНИЦАМИ? Социально-антропологический подход к исследованию коррупции. Составители Олег Паченков и Ирина Олимпиева. Ст. Петербург: Алтея

by Klavs Sedlenieks

Translation of my paper "Latvian-Azande parralell" which was before published online in www.anthrobase.com

DRAFT submission | Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulations | Australia

by Jason Brown

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This is a draft discussion paper made public for purposes of feedback before presentation to the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation in Australia. Written by Avaiki Nius Agency edit... by Jason_Brown_8053 in Letters, Government Docs, and media

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Criticism, feedback welcome ! Deadline 31st October 20111

Debate about the digital divide between developed and developing countries, aswell reference to the “golden mile”... more Debate about the digital divide between developed and developing countries, aswell reference to the “golden mile” between fibre optic and homes, even in developedcountries, shows that a free market of ideas is far from a reality.

“With all the mass media concentrated in a few hands, the ancient faith in thecompetition of ideas in the free market seems like a hollow echo of a much simpler day.”

~ Kingman Brewster, Jr

live in interesting times

by Sandeep Krishan

CORRUPTION HAS TOUCHED UNPRECEDENTED HEIGHTS IN MODERN TIMES. THE GREED HAS BECOME THE PREDOMINANT VIRTUE. FABRIC OF... more CORRUPTION HAS TOUCHED UNPRECEDENTED HEIGHTS IN MODERN TIMES. THE GREED HAS BECOME THE PREDOMINANT VIRTUE. FABRIC OF COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE OF SOCIETY IS UNDER STRAIN IN COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA.

Donors, State Building and Corruption: lessons from Afghanistan and the implications for aid policy

by Heather Marquette

Published in a special issue of Third World Quarterly on 'State-building, Security & Development'

This article critically analyses the state-building agenda from a governance and aid policy perspective, and from an... more This article critically analyses the state-building agenda from a governance and aid policy perspective, and from an anti-corruption viewpoint in particular, highlighting potential problems with both theoretical and practical applications of state building in a development context. Inconsistencies and contradictions between the state building and anti-corruption work have not been adequately explored or reconciled. In particular, the article explores these tensions using the example of the Performance-Based Governors' Fund (pbgf) in Afghanistan, where some donors are looking to reduce corruption in local government, encouraging often ‘warlord’ governors to run their administrative offices with integrity. The article argues that the pbgf approach—with its themes of being realistic, going for indirect strategies over the long term and building integrity rather than fighting corruption, provide important lessons for the anti-corruption community as a whole, both at the level of theory and practice.

Garrison Communities as Counter Societies and the 1998 Zeek's Riot in Jamaica

by Christopher A.D. Charles

Representations of Extortion in Jamaican Newspapers

by Christopher A.D. Charles

Exact signal recovery from sparsely corrupted measurements through the pursuit of justice

by Mark Davenport

Co-authored with J.N. Laska and R.G. Baraniuk. (Proc. 43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, November 2009.)

Compressive sensing provides a framework for recovering sparse signals of length N from M << N measurements. If... more Compressive sensing provides a framework for recovering sparse signals of length N from M << N measurements. If the measurements contain noise bounded by ɛ, then standard algorithms recover sparse signals with error at most Cɛ. However, these algorithms perform suboptimally when the measurement noise is also sparse. This can occur in practice due to shot noise, malfunctioning hardware, transmission errors, or narrowband interference. We demonstrate that a simple algorithm, which we dub Justice Pursuit (JP), can achieve exact recovery from measurements corrupted with sparse noise. The algorithm handles unbounded errors, has no input parameters, and is easily implemented via standard recovery techniques.

(NON)DETERMINANTS OF CORRUPTION: A SCEPTICAL VIEW FROM EASTERN EUROPE

by Andris Zimelis

Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol. 4 (2): 4-26

The article assesses the current state of corruption literature and
conducts relevant empirical tests. It... more The article assesses the current state of corruption literature and
conducts relevant empirical tests. It explores the validity of the
corruption indicators regarded as having high explanatory power
and juxtaposes them with empirical facts from several Eastern
European countries. The article points out the existing problems
with corruption indicators and the oversimplification of the term
corruption as well as calls for a more comprehensive approach to
studying corruption.

"Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Peacebuilding: Toward a Unified Framework"

by Raymond June

New Routes: A Journal of Peace Research and Action, vol. 14, no. 3-4 (2009): 10-13.

Co-author: Nathaniel Heller.