The Struggle Against Corruption: A Comparative Study - Couverture rigide

Johnson, R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1403962685 ISBN 13 : 9781403962683

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

Understanding and responding to corruption is a worldwide challenge. This book offers a general overview of the nature, pattern, anddiffering perspectives on political and economic corruption. Providing detail and depth, the book examines and compares corruption infour countries: the United States, Israel, Russia, and India. Each country chapter explores how corruption is defined and understood in that country and provides case material illustrating corrupt practice and responses to it. The country chapters also cover whistleblowing activities, their prevalence, importance, and impact. A comparative analysis presents the most prominent factors contributing to a reduced level of corruption and the factors that lead to whistleblower success.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

ROBERTA ANN JOHNSON is Professor of Politics and Director of the public service program at the University of San Francisco, USA. She is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters and author of Whistleblowing: When It Works - And Why; and Puerto Rico: Commonwealth or Colony?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1403962685
• ISBN 13: 9781403962683
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 189
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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