Global Corruption

Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World

Laurence Cockcroft (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2012
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84885-987-6 (ISBN)

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Corruption has played a pivotal role in determining the current state of the world - from mass poverty in developing countries, to the destruction of natural resources and to the erosion of trust in political parties. Laurence Cockcroft here argues that corruption has to be seen as the result of the interplay between elite 'embedded networks', greed and organised crime. He shows how the growth of corruption has been facilitated by globalisation, the integration of new and expanding markets into the world economy, and by the rapid expansion of 'offshore' financial facilities. These facilities provide a home to largely unregulated pools of finance derived from personal fortunes, organised crime and pricing malpractice in international trade. By identifying the main drivers of corruption world-wide and analyzing the current action to control them, this book suggests ways in which the problems caused by corruption can be addressed and ultimately prevented.

Laurence Cockcroft is a Development Economist. He is a Founder of Transparency International, the global civil society organization against corruption, and was formerly Chairman of its UK chapter. He is the author of Africa's Way: A Journey from the Past (I.B.Tauris).

Chapter 1 : An Explosion of Corruption
Chapter 2 : Corrosive Power
Chapter 3 : Corruption in History
Chapter 4 : Corruption in a Bi-polar World: An Inconvenient Truth
Chapter 5: The Main Drivers of Contemporary Corruption
Chapter 6: The Anti-Corruption Struggle
Chapter 7: Obstacles to Progress
Chapter 8: Threats from the Future
Chapter 9: Ways Forward

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.8.2012
Zusatzinfo	12 integrated bw illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	134 x 216 mm
Gewicht	501 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-84885-987-2 / 1848859872
ISBN-13	978-1-84885-987-6 / 9781848859876
Zustand	Neuware