The Struggle Against Corruption : A Comparative Study

Roberta Ann Johnson

ISBN 10: 1403962685 / ISBN 13: 9781403962683

Published by Springer Nature B.V. Jul 2005, 2005

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Neuware - Understanding and responding to corruption is a worldwide challenge. This book offers a general overview of the nature, pattern, anddiffering perspectives on political and economic corruption. Providing detail and depth, the book examines and compares corruption infour countries: the United States, Israel, Russia, and India. Each country chapter explores how corruption is defined and understood in that country and provides case material illustrating corrupt practice and responses to it. The country chapters also cover whistleblowing activities, their prevalence, importance, and impact. A comparative analysis presents the most prominent factors contributing to a reduced level of corruption and the factors that lead to whistleblower success.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Struggle Against Corruption : A Comparative Study
• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V. Jul 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403962685
• ISBN 13: 9781403962683
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 14D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 455 grams

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Synopsis

Understanding and responding to corruption is a worldwide challenge. This book offers a general overview of the nature, pattern, anddiffering perspectives on political and economic corruption. Providing detail and depth, the book examines and compares corruption infour countries: the United States, Israel, Russia, and India. Each country chapter explores how corruption is defined and understood in that country and provides case material illustrating corrupt practice and responses to it. The country chapters also cover whistleblowing activities, their prevalence, importance, and impact. A comparative analysis presents the most prominent factors contributing to a reduced level of corruption and the factors that lead to whistleblower success.

About the Author

ROBERTA ANN JOHNSON is Professor of Politics and Director of the public service program at the University of San Francisco, USA. She is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters and author of Whistleblowing: When It Works - And Why; and Puerto Rico: Commonwealth or Colony?