Overview
- Presents theoretical-conceptual, empirical cross-country and experimental findings on the influence of social norms on the occurrence of corruption
- Addresses the role of norms by examining the specific (regional) conditions affecting when, how, and why these come into play
- Looks at how global anti-corruption norms are constructed, interpreted and transformed
Part of the book series: Political Corruption and Governance (PCG)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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How Social Norms Shape Our Understanding of Corruption
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Norms and Corruption from Country-Specific Perspectives
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Norms and the Global Anti-corruption Framework
Keywords
- corruption and social norms
- combatting political corruption
- institutionalised behaviour
- corruption and legal norms
- comparative corruption studies
- socio-legal studies
- discourse on bribery
- political fairness
- political corruption scandals
- corruption in Liberia
- corruption in Brazil
- corruption in the US
- corruption in Germany
- corruption in Uzbekistan
- corruption in Kosovo
- global anti-corruption framework
- anti-corruption policies
- political funding regulations
- anti-bribery law
- FIFA corruption scandal
About this book
This book focuses on the role of norms in the description, explanation, prediction and combat of corruption. It conceives corruption as a ubiquitous problem, constructed by specific traditions, values, norms and institutions. The chapters concentrate on the relationship between corruption and social as well as legal norms, providing comparative perspectives from different academic disciplines, theoretical and methodological backgrounds, and various country-studies. Due to the nature of social norms that are embedded in personal, local, and organizational contexts, the contributions in the volume focus in particular on the individual and institutional level of analysis (micro and meso-mechanisms). The book will be of interest to students and scholars across the fields of political science, public administration, socio-legal studies and psychology.
Reviews
“A ‘must read’ for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of what we characterise as ‘corruption’ and why. This book exposes the many interests, norms, and values that informally support corruption and opens up discussion on what needs to change for anti-corruption initiatives to work. Interdisciplinary, insightful and scholarly!” (Associate Professor Kath Hall, Australian National University)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ina Kubbe is Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She has published several books and articles on corruption related to democracy. Ina specializes in methodology and comparative research on empirical corruption, democracy and governance research as well as political psychology. She is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network and currently researching on the norms of values of the Israeli and Palestinian society related to the conflict.
Annika Engelbert is Post-Doctoral Researcher at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, working at the intersection of law and social sciences on human rights and administrative law issues in developing countries. Annika has published several books and articles on corruption in public administration in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network and currently researches human rights-based approaches tosocial health protection.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Corruption and Norms
Book Subtitle: Why Informal Rules Matter
Editors: Ina Kubbe, Annika Engelbert
Series Title: Political Corruption and Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66254-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66253-4Published: 30 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88207-9Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66254-1Published: 21 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-5449
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5457
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 370
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Law and Psychology, Political Sociology