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Corruption and anti-corruption in Southeast Europe: Landscapes and sites

Sampson, Steven LU (2008)
Abstract
This article discusses the rise of the global anti-corruption "industry" with its elements of international campaigns and conventions, the traffic in project funds, people, knowledge and ideas, and how global structures interact with the local politics of anticorruption. The metaphor of landscape is utitilized to show the different perspectives -- global summits and local sites -- how anticorruptionism operates. In the local site, actors include the government, the opposition, the anticorruption agency, the media, the civil society organizations, and the foreign donors. Understanding the anti-corruption industry requires an understanding how the flows in the global landscape affect the actors in the local sites. Examples are provided from... (More)
This article discusses the rise of the global anti-corruption "industry" with its elements of international campaigns and conventions, the traffic in project funds, people, knowledge and ideas, and how global structures interact with the local politics of anticorruption. The metaphor of landscape is utitilized to show the different perspectives -- global summits and local sites -- how anticorruptionism operates. In the local site, actors include the government, the opposition, the anticorruption agency, the media, the civil society organizations, and the foreign donors. Understanding the anti-corruption industry requires an understanding how the flows in the global landscape affect the actors in the local sites. Examples are provided from the anticorruption events and scandals in Romania. (Less)
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in press
subject
keywords
social anthropology, corruption, anti-corruption, globalization, global ethics, Romania, Southeast Europe
host publication
Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors
editor
de Sousa, Luis ; Larmour, Peter and Hindness, Barry
publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9780415466950
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
Book will appear in August 2008 author contact: steven.sampson@soc.Lu.se
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  author       = {{Sampson, Steven}},
  booktitle    = {{Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors}},
  editor       = {{de Sousa, Luis and Larmour, Peter and Hindness, Barry}},
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  keywords     = {{social anthropology; corruption; anti-corruption; globalization; global ethics; Romania; Southeast Europe}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Corruption and anti-corruption in Southeast Europe: Landscapes and sites}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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