Government anti-corruption strategies : a cross-cultural perspective

This book is designed to help students, researchers, and practitioners understand public corruption and anti-corruption practices from an international perspective. It describes the problems governments face in dealing with public corruption, outlines strategies that have and have not been implemented by the government, and explains why some countries have achieved great success with handling corruption and why others still struggle to do so. It contains useful knowledge about public corruption and strategic approaches to preventing, reducing, and combating corruption. Content: Foreword Editors Contributors Introduction: Corruption and Government Anti-Corruption Strategies Yahong Zhang and Jose G. Vargas-Hernandez Anti-Corruption Actions: Nongovernmental and Intergovernmental Organizations Benjamin W. Cramer Anti-Corruption Practices in India Meena Nair The Whistleblowing Program as an Anti-Corruption Tool in China Hua Xu, Xuejiao Zhao, Qingming Zhang, and Minglu Xu Lessons from China: Fighting Corruption in the Construction Sector Jiangnan Zhu and Yiping Wu Anti-Corruption Lessons from Nepal Narayan Manandhar Evolution of Anti-Corruption Strategies in South Korea Kilkon Ko and Sue Yeon Cho Anti-Corruption Strategies in Singapore: Demystifying the Singapore Model Wenxuan Yu Fighting Corruption in Central and Eastern European Countries through Transparency: Regulatory and Institutional Challenges Bogdana Neamtu and Dacian C. Dragos How a Resurgent Antigraft Bureau Helped Croatia Turn a Corner on Corruption Gabriel Kuris Anti-Corruption Strategies in the Gulf Cooperation Council's States: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward Mhamed Biygautane Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials: A Countercorruption Strategy in Developed Countries Cindy Davids What Can We Learn from Worldwide Anti-Corruption Practices? Yahong Zhang Index This book provides case studies of anti-corruption efforts in several countries, including China, India, South Korea, Nepal, and Central and Eastern European countries. It focuses on developing and transitional countries, where the depth and effects of corruption are especially severe. The cases highlight examples of failure as well as success so that the complexity of corruption issues and the reasons why corruption persists can be better understood. Most of the contributors to each chapter are native to the countries under discussion and provide an insider's view and analysis. In governments where accountability is weak, legal institutions are poorly developed, civil liberties and political competition are restricted, and laws are frequently flouted, it is the people who ultimately suffer. -- Edited summary from book 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