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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Main Author: Krastev, Ivan, 1965-
Other Authors: Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Central European University Press, 2004
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