Shifting obsessions : three essays on the politics of anticorruption /
This book is not a study of anti-corruption policies. Instead, it looks at the politics of anti-corruption. Policies are what institutions do. But in analyzing politics, this book seeks to discover why institutions do what they do. The author delves into political motivations at a time when "co...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Central European University Press,
2004
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| Summary: | This book is not a study of anti-corruption policies. Instead, it looks at the politics of anti-corruption. Policies are what institutions do. But in analyzing politics, this book seeks to discover why institutions do what they do. The author delves into political motivations at a time when "combating corruption" is the fashion among the academic community. Krastev argues that anti-corruption sentiments are not driven by the actual level of corruption but by general disappointment with liberal reforms that cause rising social inequality. In this collection of essays, the author makes the provocative argument that the current corruption-focused policies are doomed |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 118 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends. |
| ISBN: | 9789639241930 9639241938 6155053898 9786155053894 1281376981 9781281376985 9786611376987 6611376984 1423717473 9781423717478 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
