Shifting obsessions : three essays on the politics of anticorruption / / by Ivan Krastev ; with a foreword by Aryeh Neier

• Autore: Krastev Ivan
• Pubblicazione: Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1/323
• Soggetto topico: Political corruption; Political corruption - Prevention; Political corruption - Government policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: A global anticorruption crusade is underway. "As slavery was once a way of life and now has become obsolete and incomprehensible, so the practice of bribery will become obsolete," a modern-day moralist has said. But how is global consensus on corruption possible? Why are anticorruption campaigns running out of steam, and why are post-communist societies obsessed with corruption? 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 anticorruption 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shifting obsessions
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910956568903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II