Anticorruption

✍ Scribed by Robert I. Rotberg;

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Winning the anticorruption battle: a guide for citizens and politicians.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1: Corruption: Its Essence
Definitions
The Criminal State
Universal Condemnation
Baleful Consequences
Petty Corruption
Grand Corruption
2: Measuring and Conceptualizing Corruption
Indexes of Corruption
3: “Getting to Denmark”: Combating Corruption, the Path Forward
Collective Behavior
Ethical Universalism
The Nordic Experiments
In the Antipodes
Canada
Becoming Noncorrupt
4: Positive Examples in Latin America
Uruguayian Exceptionalism
Chile after Military Dictatorship
Postrevolutionary Costa Rica
Avoiding the Resource Curse
5: Confronting Corruption through Laws and Courts
Legal Frameworks
The Limits of Laws
International Enforcement Measures
An International Anticorruption Court
6: Strengthening Accountability and Transparency
Investigative Commissions
Specialized International Commissions
Auditors and Ombudspersons
A Free Media
Other Innovations
The Private Sector
7: Technology Beats Back Corruption
Blockchain
Cell Phones
Biometric Innovations
Webcams
Opinion Polling
Limiting Discretion, Removing Temptation
Social Auditing
Data Mining
8: The Leadership Factor
American Deviance
Two Special Cases
Structure and Culture
Institutions
Size and Wealth
9: Achieving Anticorruption Success: A Recipe
The Cure
Glossary
Notes
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index