Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and
Reform
by Susan Rose-Ackerman (Author), Bonnie J. Palifka
(Author)
The second edition of Corruption and Government
updates Susan Rose-Ackerman's 1999 book to address emerging issues and to
rethink old questions in light of new data. The book analyzes the research
explosion that accompanied the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of
Transparency International, and the World Bank's decision to give
anti-corruption policy a key place on its agenda. Time has vindicated
Rose-Ackerman's emphasis on institutional reform as the necessary condition for
serious progress. The book deals with routine payoffs and with corruption in
contracting and privatization. It gives special attention to political
corruption and to instruments of accountability. The authors have expanded the
treatment of culture as a source of entrenched corruption and added chapters on
criminal law, organized crime, and post-conflict societies. The book outlines
domestic conditions for reform and discusses international initiatives -
including both explicit anti-corruption policies and efforts to constrain money
laundering.
