Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Competitiveness in South East Europe A Policy Outlook 2018

Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Competitiveness in South East Europe A Policy Outlook 2018
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9264298576

Future economic development and the well-being of citizens in South East Europe (SEE) increasingly depend on greater economic competitiveness. Realising the region’s economic potential requires a holistic, growth-oriented policy approach. Against the backdrop of enhanced European Union (EU) ...

Corruption and Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe

Corruption and Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe
Author: Marija Zurnić
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2018-06-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 331990101X

This book examines the relationship between corruption scandals and transitional processes in post-Milošević Serbia after 2000. The study challenges the view that corruption has always been understood as a conflict between private interests and the public good, as these concepts are defined in Western democracies, and explores how anti-corruption discourse has been used for political mobilisation. Through an examination of high-profile political scandals in Serbia, the author shows how the meaning of corruption changed over time. In the early 2000s, corruption focused on the legacy of Milošević’s rule and was identified through the public’s limited access to the privatisation process. By the end of the decade, conceptualisations of corruption in public debate were so diversified that each anti-corruption measure undertaken by the state was interpreted as an act of corruption by other voices in the discourse. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in corruption studies, discourse analysis and Balkan politics.

Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement

Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2002-04-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9264175369

This report provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an assessment of the legal and institutional environment in which civil society operates, together with recommendations for reform designed to enable civil society organisations and others to play a role in the fight against corruption.

A Culture of Corruption?

A Culture of Corruption?
Author: William Lockley Miller
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789639116986

Focusing on the gap between democratic ideals and performance, three European academics study the common experience and even more common perception of the corrupt behavior of bureaucrats in post-communist Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The authors conducted focus-group studies, one-on-one interviews, and large-scale surveys to reveal plentiful details about the ways ordinary citizens cope in their day-to-day dealings with low-level officials and state employees, whose decisions can have a critically important impact on people's lives. c. Book News Inc.

The European Union's Fight Against Corruption

The European Union's Fight Against Corruption
Author: Patrycja Szarek-Mason
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2010-03-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521113571

Analyses anti-corruption policy within EU Member States and the evolution of anti-corruption policy during the accession process.

Corruption

Corruption
Author: Dieter Haller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005
Genre: Antropologische aspecten
ISBN: 9781783715336

Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts

The Kremlin Playbook

The Kremlin Playbook
Author: Heather A. Conley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2016-10-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442279591

Russia has cultivated an opaque web of economic and political patronage across the Central and Eastern European region that the Kremlin uses to influence and direct decisionmaking. This report from the CSIS Europe Program, in partnership with the Bulgarian Center for the Study of Democracy, is the result of a 16-month study on the nature of Russian influence in five case countries: Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Latvia, and Serbia.

Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption

Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption
Author: Luís de Sousa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134035454

The purpose of this book is to understand the rise, future and implications of two important new kinds of "integrity warriors" - official anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) and anti-corruption NGOs – and to locate them in a wider context and history of anti-corruption activity. Key issues of corruption and anti-corruption are discussed in an integrated and innovative way; through a number of country studies including Taiwan and South Korea, South East Europe, Fiji, Russia and the Baltic States. Some of the questions, used to examine the development of new anti-corruption actors, include: In what context were these born? How do they operate in pursuing their mission and mandate? How successful have they been in relation to expected results? To what extent are governmental and non governmental actors aware of each other and how far do they cooperate towards the common goal of fighting corruption? What explains the shift in emphasis after the end of the cold war, from national to international action? Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption will be of interest to students and scholars of corruption, public policy, political science, developmental studies and law. Luís de Sousa is an Associate Researcher at CIES-ISCTE, Portugal and Calouste Gulbenkian Fellow at the European University Institute, Italy. Barry Hindess is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University, Australia. Peter Larmour is a Reader in Public Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Australia.

Organized Crime in Southeast Europe

Organized Crime in Southeast Europe
Author: Ekavi Athanassaopolou
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317999452

In recent years, organized crime has become endemic in the countries of southeast Europe giving rise to an urgent debate on what needs to be done to fight it. This collection of essays contributes directly to this debate. The discussions range over national and regional policies, the west European dimension of the phenomenon, and the less often discussed role that the media and civil society can play in the battle against organised crime. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.