Corruption in politics, government and society

From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world.

Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy.

Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer.

With a sharp eye for the magnificently absurd, Rod Liddle sets light to modern-day Britain.

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.

WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.

'Bad Science' hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller.

Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour's 10 year love affair with the RightBY THE SUMMER of 2007, Britain was close to crashing.

A 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleHow officials reporting to both executive officials and congressional representatives work to keep the government honest, efficient, and effective.

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEA FINALIST FOR THE MOORE PRIZEA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A gripping and rigorous crime story about the murder of a once thriving democracy, exposing an arsenal of lethal weapons, some wielded on the streets, others in the courts and press' NAOMI KLEIN'Essential reading' YANIS VAROUFAKISThe world's largest democracy is facing the greatest challenge since the end of British colonial rule in 1947.

El Acto Legislativo 01 de 2025 marcó un hito para Colombia: reformó el artículo 65 de la Constitución Política para incluir el derecho humano a la alimentación adecuada, un avance celebrado por muchos sectores.

La ultima dictadura argentina no solo tuvo un plan sistematico de desaparicion de personas: tambien monto una "e;campana anticorrupcion"e; orquestada para poder enjuiciar al derrocado gobierno peronista.

Si creemos que los empleados somos un freno a la corrupcion y a la violencia institucional, pido, por favor, que revisemos como actuamos.

"Sorgit a l'empara de la petita burgesia franquista i després d'una carrera política frustrada, Florentino Pérez s'ha consolidat com un dels màxims exponents de l'oligarquia espanyola.

El presente trabajo busca definir "maladministration" de forma precisa, para dotarlo de utilidad en nuestros propios contextos.

El de Gloria Elizo es un trabajo de laboriosa excavación, donde memoria e imaginación se apoyan para avanzar más allá de lo que en arqueología llaman "la línea de lo inaccesible", donde tiene su reino secreto la "España subterránea" del todo vale.

Una guía dinámica que nos permitirá explorar los inicios de la corrupción en el mundo, en especial en América Latina, su presencia cada vez mayor y las acciones que los distintos Gobiernos han venido tomando para lograr contrarrestarla.

En una época atravesada por crisis sanitarias globales, avances tecnológicos vertiginosos y nuevas formas de control social, esta obra se erige como un estudio jurídico exhaustivo y disruptivo sobre los derechos fundamentales más esenciales del ser humano: la libertad, la autonomía y la integridad corporal.

En el caso Cromañón, la burguesía dio una feroz batalla por imponer su interpretación del hecho: una tragedia.

El estudio muestra la relevancia y la fuerza que alcanzó la "cuestión campesina", especialmente durante los gobiernos de centro-izquierda liderados por presidentes radicales (1938-1947); así como la intensa resistencia patronal.

Central Nacional de Informaciones, CNI, surge luego de disuelta la DINA.

En una época atravesada por crisis sanitarias globales, avances tecnológicos vertiginosos y nuevas formas de control social, esta obra se erige como un estudio jurídico exhaustivo y disruptivo sobre los derechos fundamentales más esenciales del ser humano: la libertad, la autonomía y la integridad corporal.

El documento presenta la oferta institucional del Estado colombiano para garantizar los derechos económicos y sociales de las víctimas del conflicto armado, conforme a la Ley 1448 de 2011 y su reforma por parte de la Ley 2421 de 2024.

Nothing in life is certain, except death and taxes - or so the expression goes.

It's 2018 and Cape Town is wracked by its worst drought on record.

About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky.

'When I joined the struggle as a 13-year-old boy in Soweto, I would never have imagined that one day I would blow the whistle on a special kind of corruption that was destroying the party and the values I had been fighting for all my life.

The definitive resource on the topic of executive privilege, now in a revised and updated fifth edition that includes the Biden presidency.

The definitive resource on the topic of executive privilege, now in a revised and updated fifth edition that includes the Biden presidency.

There is a war on truth and the liars are winning.

The Architecture of Autocracy examines how modern authoritarian systems are constructed not through dramatic ruptures, but through incremental design.

This book is about the nature of informal governmental power in Hungary and Poland.

This book is about the nature of informal governmental power in Hungary and Poland.

Public spending is an important policy tool of fiscal policy.

Public spending is an important policy tool of fiscal policy.

The Routledge Handbook of Public Procurement Corruption showcases the most innovative and exciting research being conducted in this important area of study, providing a comprehensive go-to reference for all who are interested in the topic.

The Routledge Handbook of Public Procurement Corruption showcases the most innovative and exciting research being conducted in this important area of study, providing a comprehensive go-to reference for all who are interested in the topic.

This book presents competitive trade models to recast them from the perspective of an economy which is beset with corruption and related intermediation that requires some sort of cost.

This book presents competitive trade models to recast them from the perspective of an economy which is beset with corruption and related intermediation that requires some sort of cost.

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Corruption showcases the most innovative and exciting research being conducted in this area of study, providing a comprehensive go-to reference for all who are interested in the topic.

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Corruption showcases the most innovative and exciting research being conducted in this area of study, providing a comprehensive go-to reference for all who are interested in the topic.

Illusions of Democracy: Malaysian Politics and People offers an up-to-date and broad analysis of the contemporary state of Malaysian politics and society.