Corruption, Social Sciences and the Law: Exploration across the disciplines

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Foreword, Leah Ambler
Introduction
1. Corruption: The shape of the beast
	Introduction
	The nature of corruption and the key players
	Forms of corruption
	Administrative corruption and bribes
	Political corruption
	Crony-capitalism
	Corruption in kleptocratic societies
	Concluding remarks
	Bibliography
2. The history of corruption and the benefits of a historical approach
	Introduction
	Conflicts of interest and the problem of defining public and private
	Entrusted power
	Gifts
	The hybrid state and its contractors
	Comparative histories
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
3. Bribery, corruption and the law
	Introduction
	Bribery and corruption – from a domestic to an international concern
	From the United States to multilateral conventions and other initiatives
	Increased enforcement against business
	And anti-corruption reforms elsewhere?
	Bibliography
4. Reduction of corruption as good governance
	Introduction
	What is corruption?
	What is wrong with corruption?
	What is governance?
	The interaction of governance with corruption
	Does governance require democracy?
	Corruption as an institutional process
	Forms of corruption
	What is to be done?
	Bibliography
5. Cui bono? Corruptors and the corrupted – corporate governance and corruption: The roles and responsibilities of the private sector
	Introduction
	Private sector corruption around the world
	The role of multilateral frameworks in addressing anti-corruption
	The role of corporate governance in anti-corruption
	Boards and crisis management
	Stewardship codes
	Corporate lobbying
	Revolving door politics
	Partially closing the door and the responsibility of the private sector
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
6. Tackling corruption through corporate social responsibility
	Introduction
	CSR, law and anti-corruption: Concepts, scope and relationship
	The anti-corruption CSR paradigm
	Anti-corruption CSR implementation framework
	Practical steps for anti-corruption in CSR
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
7. A political science perspective: From debate to détente
	Introduction
	Traversing the definitional minefield
	The quantification of corruption: Traversing the methodological minefield
	The importance of typology: Moving towards a broader debate
	Analysing the causes of corruption
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
8. Discourse of corruption and anti-corruption
	Introduction
	Discourse of corruption
	Discourses and corruption
	Corruption and everyday talk
	Constructing corruption
	Discussion and conclusions
	Bibliography
9. Corruption: A sociological approach
	Introduction
	The conceptual liquid
	Ambiguous normativity
	Functionalist background
	Sociology of the normative
	Study of scandals as dramatisation of corruption
	Scandals as factors of evolution
	Constructing social problems as politics
	Political transformation of corruption into economic and social problems
	Partial definitions
	Bribery under communist rule and an anthropology of gifts
	Is there a necessary relationship between power structures and corruption?
	Conclusion: Do we gain by extending the concept?
	Bibliography
10. The morality of corruption in organisations
	Introduction
	Individual motivations and moral order
	Moral and individual standards forged at the organisation
	Organisational motivations
	Does morality matter at all?
	Bibliography
11. Using systems thinking to understand and address corruption in the criminal justice system in fragile states
	Introduction
	What’s the problem with the way corruption is commonly understood?
	Rethinking corruption: Systems analysis
	Taking it to the field: Conducting a systems-based corruption analysis
	From analysis to intervention design: Using the map
	Kuleta Haki
	Insights on corruption and anti-corruption
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
12. Social norms and attitudes towards corruption: Comparative insights from East Africa
	Introduction
	Behavioural influences based on sociality
	Social practices and corruption
	Analysis: The ambivalence of multiple normative frameworks
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
13. Corruption: Killing the beast
	Introduction
	Fight against corruption
	Champion for the fight
	Generic strategies
	Incentives for corruption: Value of rents
	Performance of government
	Public administration
	Civic institutions
	Anti-corruption strategy
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
14. Explorations across the disciplines
	What is corruption?
	Legal frameworks
	Practical implications
	Bibliography
Index