Corruption in politics, government and society

Providing practical and theoretical resources on media law and ethics for the United Kingdom and United States of America and referencing other legal jurisdictions such as France, Japan, India, China and Saudi Arabia, Comparative Media Law and Ethics is suitable for upper undergraduate and postgraduate study and for professionals in the media who need to work internationally.

First Published in 1997.

First Published in 1997.

Film censorship has always been a controversial matter, particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive state-based censorship systems.

Film censorship has always been a controversial matter, particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive state-based censorship systems.

Groomed.

This book considers the causes of high-level state corruption as well as the political constraints of countering corruption in Africa.

This book considers the causes of high-level state corruption as well as the political constraints of countering corruption in Africa.

Originally published in 1985, these essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship.

Originally published in 1985, these essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship.

Governance matters for social welfare.

Governance matters for social welfare.

Building on original research into the petroleum industry and on the theory of crimes of globalization, this book introduces the concept of Market Criminology: the criminology of preventable market-generated harms and the criminogenic effects of market rationality in variegated forms of capitalism.

Can a commitment to free speech be reconciled with the regulation of pornography?

Can a commitment to free speech be reconciled with the regulation of pornography?

This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War.

This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War.

How do lawyers, judges and jurors read novels?

How do lawyers, judges and jurors read novels?

World football is in crisis.

World football is in crisis.

This volume examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union.

This volume examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union.

Corruption arises from the collusion of economic and political elites, a practice that has developed in order to overcome the contradiction of two important processes of our time: capitalism and democracy.

Corruption arises from the collusion of economic and political elites, a practice that has developed in order to overcome the contradiction of two important processes of our time: capitalism and democracy.

Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range of environments.

This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range of environments.

Scrutinizing the practice of legislators and politicians from an ethical perspective, this work looks closely at various methods to facilitate ethical conduct.

Scrutinizing the practice of legislators and politicians from an ethical perspective, this work looks closely at various methods to facilitate ethical conduct.

Was Marxism a variety of German Idealist self-actualization in economic form?

Was Marxism a variety of German Idealist self-actualization in economic form?

Attempts to define the Asian Crisis and its future course continue to be hotly contested.

Attempts to define the Asian Crisis and its future course continue to be hotly contested.

Environmental devastation, a significant consequence of industrial activity in Soviet times, continues to be a major problem in Russia.

Environmental devastation, a significant consequence of industrial activity in Soviet times, continues to be a major problem in Russia.

'Grand' corruption, generally used to define corruption amongst the top political elite, has drawn increasing attention from academics and policy makers during recent years.

'Grand' corruption, generally used to define corruption amongst the top political elite, has drawn increasing attention from academics and policy makers during recent years.

This book, combining scholarship with readability, shows that political corruption must itself be analysed politically.

This book, combining scholarship with readability, shows that political corruption must itself be analysed politically.

The relationship between government and business has become a central issue in East Asia since the financial crisis of 1997.

The relationship between government and business has become a central issue in East Asia since the financial crisis of 1997.

The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform develops the logic underlying the connections between breaking the rules and making the rules.

Choosing the right contract research organization (CRO) can make the difference between getting a product to market quickly and cost-effectively, and wasting valuable time and money.

Choosing the right contract research organization (CRO) can make the difference between getting a product to market quickly and cost-effectively, and wasting valuable time and money.

In 1991, a small group of Russians emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union and enjoyed one of the greatest transfers of wealth ever seen, claiming ownership of some of the most valuable petroleum, natural gas and metal deposits in the world.

This book constitutes a thorough analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, as seen from the perspective of New Institutional Economics - one of the most influential new schools of thought in the social sciences of the past decade.

Bringing together contributions on the nature of corruption in East and Southeast Asia, this edited volume examines the means of limiting and ultimately eliminating corruption at a national and international level.

Bringing together contributions on the nature of corruption in East and Southeast Asia, this edited volume examines the means of limiting and ultimately eliminating corruption at a national and international level.