The interest of social science, media, and policymakers for corruption has exploded after 1990 due to increasing evidence that corruption is accountable for poor growth and chronic underdevelopment. This had impressive policy consequences: by 2012, no less than 161 state parties had adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which was put into force on 14 December 2005. This article discusses the various conceptualizations of corruption as an individual behavior as well as a governance regime (particularism), the evolution of Western thought until the adoption of ethical universalism as universal governance norm (with UNCAC) and the performance of countries in establishing control of

Corruption: Political and Public Aspects / Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina. - (2015), pp. 12-20. [10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.75005-7]

Corruption: Political and Public Aspects

Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina
2015

Abstract

The interest of social science, media, and policymakers for corruption has exploded after 1990 due to increasing evidence that corruption is accountable for poor growth and chronic underdevelopment. This had impressive policy consequences: by 2012, no less than 161 state parties had adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which was put into force on 14 December 2005. This article discusses the various conceptualizations of corruption as an individual behavior as well as a governance regime (particularism), the evolution of Western thought until the adoption of ethical universalism as universal governance norm (with UNCAC) and the performance of countries in establishing control of
2015
9780080970868
Accountability, Clientelism, Corruption, Ethical universalism, Favoritism, Modernization, Nepotism, Particularism, Patronage, Public office, State capture, Transparency
Corruption: Political and Public Aspects / Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina. - (2015), pp. 12-20. [10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.75005-7]
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