The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of Corruption

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

ISBN 10: 1107534577 / ISBN 13: 9781107534575

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

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A passionate examination of why international anti-corruption fails to deliver results and how we should understand and build good governance. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 b/w illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPP; JPZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of Corruption
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107534577
• ISBN 13: 9781107534575
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Why do some societies manage to control corruption so that it manifests itself only occasionally, while other societies remain systemically corrupt? This book is about how societies reach that point when integrity becomes the norm and corruption the exception in regard to how public affairs are run and public resources are allocated. It primarily asks what lessons we have learned from historical and contemporary experiences in developing corruption control, which can aid policy-makers and civil societies in steering and expediting this process. Few states now remain without either an anticorruption agency or an Ombudsman, yet no statistical evidence can be found that they actually induce progress. Using both historical and contemporary studies and easy to understand statistics, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi looks at how to diagnose, measure and change governance so that those entrusted with power and authority manage to defend public resources.

About the Author

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi teaches democratization and policy analysis at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. She chairs the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State Building Research and is Chair of Policy Pillar of the EU FP7 five-year research project, ANTICORRP. Professor Mungiu-Pippidi has served as an adviser on issues of governance measurement and anticorruption to the European Commission, UNDP, Freedom House, NORAD and the World Bank, among others. She is also a popular op-ed writer and the author of two film documentaries: 'Where Europe Ends' and 'A Tale of Two Villages,' screened by the BBC.