Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement

Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2002-04-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9264175369

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This report provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an assessment of the legal and institutional environment in which civil society operates, together with recommendations for reform designed to enable civil society organisations and others to play a role in the fight against corruption.

Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe

Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe
Author: Diana Schmidt-Pfister
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135699631

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Anti-corruption programmes, projects and campaigns have come to constitute an essential aspect of good governance promotion over the last two decades. The post-communist countries in Eastern Europe have presented one of the first key targets of transnational anti-corruption efforts, and indeed most of these countries have shown an impressive record of respective measures. Yet path-breaking institutional and policy developments have not set in before the mid-2000s both at the international level and in most Eastern European countries. Are these the beginnings of a mutually synergetic success story? In order to answer this question, we need to better understand the complex interplay between the international and domestic domains in this policy field and geographic region. This book provides in-depth and comparative insights about this interplay, with a particular focus on the involvement of domestic social movements, governmental political machines and international legal mechanisms. We find that, on all three levels of analysis, political and material interests of relevant actors are complemented and at times contradicted by normative claims. Moreover, at the interfaces of the three levels, coincidental and spontaneous developments have largely outweighed systematic implementation and coordination of appropriate anti-corruption strategies. This book is based on a special issue of Global Crime.

Transnational Advocacy on the Ground

Transnational Advocacy on the Ground
Author: Diana Schmidt-Pfister
Publisher: Perspectives on Democratic Pra
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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A discussion of anti-corruption advocacy as a global movement with particular emphasis on Russia.

Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption

Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption
Author: Luís de Sousa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134035454

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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. 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: In what context were these born? How do they operate in pursuing their mission and mandate? How successful have they been in relation to expected results? 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? What explains the shift in emphasis after the end of the cold war, from national to international action? Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption will be of interest to students and scholars of corruption, public policy, political science, developmental studies and law. Luís de Sousa is an Associate Researcher at CIES-ISCTE, Portugal and Calouste Gulbenkian Fellow at the European University Institute, Italy. Barry Hindess is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University, Australia. Peter Larmour is a Reader in Public Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Australia.

Anti-corruption Training Programmes in Central and Eastern Europe

Anti-corruption Training Programmes in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Bryane Michael
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789287155047

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The Octopus programme is a technical co-operation programme against corruption and organised crime initiated by the Council of Europe in 1996. This publication contains a number of papers which discuss training and education policies to strengthen efforts to combat corruption within public administration systems in central and eastern European countries, using case studies to consider experiences and best practice examples from the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Russian Federation, Serbia and Ukraine.

Corruption and Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe

Corruption and Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe
Author: Marija Zurnić
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2018-06-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 331990101X

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This book examines the relationship between corruption scandals and transitional processes in post-Milošević Serbia after 2000. The study challenges the view that corruption has always been understood as a conflict between private interests and the public good, as these concepts are defined in Western democracies, and explores how anti-corruption discourse has been used for political mobilisation. Through an examination of high-profile political scandals in Serbia, the author shows how the meaning of corruption changed over time. In the early 2000s, corruption focused on the legacy of Milošević’s rule and was identified through the public’s limited access to the privatisation process. By the end of the decade, conceptualisations of corruption in public debate were so diversified that each anti-corruption measure undertaken by the state was interpreted as an act of corruption by other voices in the discourse. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in corruption studies, discourse analysis and Balkan politics.

Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Anti-corruption Reforms in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Anti-corruption Reforms in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Developme
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2013-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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During several past years countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have introduced important anti-corruption reforms. However, corruption remains high in the region. This report identifies progress achieved in the region as well as remaining challenges which require further action by countries. The report analyses three broad areas of anti-corruption work, including anti-corruption policies and institutions, criminalisation of corruption and law-enforcement, and measures to prevent corruption in public administration and in the business sector. The analysis is illustrated by examples of good practice from various countries and comparative cross-country data. The report focuses on eight countries in the region which participate in the OECD/ACN initiative knows as the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan which including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. It also presents examples from other countries in the region to give a broader perspective for the analysis. The report covers the period between 2008 and 2012, when the second round of monitoring of Istanbul Action Plan countries was implemented, and is based on the results of this monitoring.