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Corruption : a very short introduction / Leslie Holmes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 426Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xxiii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199689699
  • 0199689695
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1323 HOL 22
Contents:
What is corruption? -- Why corruption is a problem -- Can we measure corruption? -- Psycho-social and cultural explanations -- System-related explanations -- What can states do? -- What else can be done?
Summary: "Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction, Leslie Holmes looks the history of corruption across the millennia and considers why the international community has only highlighted it as a problem in the past two decades. Holmes explores the phenomenon from several different perspectives, from the cultural differences affecting how corruption is defined, its impact, its various causes, and the possible remedies. Providing evidence of corruption and considering ways to address it around the world, this is an important introduction to a significant and serious global issue."--Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is corruption? -- Why corruption is a problem -- Can we measure corruption? -- Psycho-social and cultural explanations -- System-related explanations -- What can states do? -- What else can be done?

"Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction, Leslie Holmes looks the history of corruption across the millennia and considers why the international community has only highlighted it as a problem in the past two decades. Holmes explores the phenomenon from several different perspectives, from the cultural differences affecting how corruption is defined, its impact, its various causes, and the possible remedies. Providing evidence of corruption and considering ways to address it around the world, this is an important introduction to a significant and serious global issue."--Amazon.com.

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