Governments NGOs and Anti-Corruption

<p>The purpose of this book is to understand the rise future and implications of two important new kinds of integrity warriors - official anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) and anti-corruption NGOs – and to locate them in a wider context and history of anti-corruption activity.</p><p>Key issues of corruption and anti-corruption are discussed in an integrated and innovative way; through a number of country studies including Taiwan and South Korea South East Europe Fiji Russia and the Baltic States. Some of the questions used to examine the development of new anti-corruption actors include: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>In what context were these born?</li> <p> </p> <li>How do they operate in pursuing their mission and mandate?</li> <p> </p> <li>How successful have they been in relation to expected results?</li> <p> </p> <li>To what extent are governmental and non governmental actors aware of each other and how far do they cooperate towards the common goal of fighting corruption?</li> <p> </p> <li>What explains the shift in emphasis after the end of the cold war from national to international action?</li> </ul><p>Governments NGOs and Anti-Corruption will be of interest to students and scholars of corruption public policy political science developmental studies and law.</p><p>Luís de Sousa is an Associate Researcher at CIES-ISCTE Portugal and Calouste Gulbenkian Fellow at the European University Institute Italy.</p><p>Barry Hindess is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University Australia.</p><p>Peter Larmour is a Reader in Public Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Economics and Government Australian National University Australia.</p>