Corruption and Government

Corruption and Government
Author: Susan Rose-Ackerman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1999-06-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521659123

How high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government.

Corruption and Government

Corruption and Government
Author: Susan Rose-Ackerman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 643
Release: 2016-03-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107081203

This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.

The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity

The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity
Author: Frank Anechiarico
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1996-12-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780226020518

Using anticorruption efforts in New York City to illustrate their argument, Anechiarico and Jacobs demonstrate the costly inefficiencies of pursuing absolute integrity. By proliferating dysfunctions, constraining decision makers' discretion, shaping priorities, and causing delays, corruption control - no less than corruption itself - has contributed to the contemporary crisis in public administration.

Corruption in Public Administration

Corruption in Public Administration
Author: Davide Torsello
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2016-08-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1785362593

Despite the growth in literature on political corruption, contributions from field research are still exiguous. This book provides a timely and much needed addition to current research, bridging the gap and providing an innovative approach to the study of corruption and integrity in public administration.

Corruption and Public Administration

Corruption and Public Administration
Author: Francesco Merloni
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2020-12-18
Genre: Misconduct in office
ISBN: 9780367733353

Corruption and Public Administration looks at public sector organizations and what they have achieved since signing the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Agreement in Merida in 2004. It examines how the signee countries engaged in the set-up of institutions to contain corruption in public administration, and how these governments and institutions have progressed. The book compares several developed countries, and undertakes an especially detailed examination of Italy. It highlights strengths and weaknesses, and proposes organizational means of addressing the issues, which include diversity in organizational structures and systems, and a focus on prevention rather than repression. The book shines a light on anti-corruption practices and aims to foster open discussion about this pressing topical issue among peers in all relevant fields of the social sciences.

The Quality of Government

The Quality of Government
Author: Bo Rothstein
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226729575

The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed and developing countries. While it’s clear that low-quality government institutions have tremendous negative effects on the health and wealth of societies, the criteria for good governance remain far from clear. In this pathbreaking book, leading political scientist Bo Rothstein provides a theoretical foundation for empirical analysis on the connection between the quality of government and important economic, political, and social outcomes. Focusing on the effects of government policies, he argues that unpredictable actions constitute a severe impediment to economic growth and development—and that a basic characteristic of quality government is impartiality in the exercise of power. This is borne out by cross-sectional analyses, experimental studies, and in-depth historical investigations. Timely and topical, The Quality of Government tackles such issues as political legitimacy, social capital, and corruption.

Corrupt Cities

Corrupt Cities
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780821346006

Much of the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Turkey was the result of widespread corruption between the construction industry and government officials. Corruption is part of everyday public life and we tend to take it for granted. However, preventing corruption helps to raise city revenues, improve service delivery, stimulate public confidence and participation, and win elections. This book is designed to help citizens and public officials diagnose, investigate and prevent various kinds of corrupt and illicit behaviour. It focuses on systematic corruption rather than the free-lance activity of a few law-breakers, and emphasises practical preventive measures rather than purely punitive or moralistic campaigns.

Government Anti-Corruption Strategies

Government Anti-Corruption Strategies
Author: Yahong Zhang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-06-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498712029

As a political and social disease, public corruption costs governments and businesses around the world trillions of dollars every year.Government Anti-Corruption Strategies: A Cross-Cultural Perspective provides you with a better understanding of public corruption and governments anti-corruption practices. It outlines a general framework of anti-c

Crossing the Global Quality Chasm

Crossing the Global Quality Chasm
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2019-01-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309477891

In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals that include an explicit commitment to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. However, enormous gaps remain between what is achievable in human health and where global health stands today, and progress has been both incomplete and unevenly distributed. In order to meet this goal, a deliberate and comprehensive effort is needed to improve the quality of health care services globally. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide focuses on one particular shortfall in health care affecting global populations: defects in the quality of care. This study reviews the available evidence on the quality of care worldwide and makes recommendations to improve health care quality globally while expanding access to preventive and therapeutic services, with a focus in low-resource areas. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm emphasizes the organization and delivery of safe and effective care at the patient/provider interface. This study explores issues of access to services and commodities, effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and equity. Focusing on front line service delivery that can directly impact health outcomes for individuals and populations, this book will be an essential guide for key stakeholders, governments, donors, health systems, and others involved in health care.

Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration

Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration
Author: Adam Graycar
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1789900913

This timely Handbook unpacks the underlying common factors that give rise to corrupting environments. Investigating opportunities to deliver ethical public policy, it explores global trends in public administration and its vulnerability to corruption today, as well as proposing strategies for building integrity and diminishing corruption in public sectors around the globe.