Corruption in politics, government and society

Esta obra se centra en el analisis de la crisis del constitucionalismo, estudio que transita por los regimenes autoritarios, hasta anclar en el constitucionalismo erigido en la postguerra mundial.

Shortlisted in the International Business Book category at the Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2024 The first ever guide to oligarchs as a global and historical phenomenon.

Recognising that corruption is a serious problem in the globalised world of the early twenty-first century, the book takes the reader on a journey - beginning with what corruption is, why its study is important and how it can be measured.

This book analyzes why some dictators find it in their self-interest to curb corruption.

The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today.

The book argues that clarity of responsibility increases accountability and decreases corruption levels in democracies tested empirically.

This reference provides background information about the Watergate crisis and discusses its significance to U.

There are many types of political scandals: sex, corruption, and election scandals are but a few.

Throw out everything you think you know about history.

This book argues that corruption levels today depend largely upon the level of education in a country over a century ago.

How has corruption shaped - and undermined - the history of public life in modern Britain?

This book presents absorbing and critical expert perspectives on the post-truth phenomenon that has infiltrated the U.

From virtue to venality examines the problem of corruption in British urban society and politics between 1930 and 1995.

The Democratic Alliance won control of the uMngeni Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands after the local government elections in 2021.

This book investigates the role of executive scandals in the contemporary American political landscape.

'A must-read, accessible and skilful account of South Africa's socio-economic challenges, policy and governance choices.

UPDATED EDITIONWith corruption and fraud endemic in democratic South Africa, whistleblowers have provided an invaluable service to society through disclosures about cover-ups, malfeasance and wrongdoing.

Las VI Jornadas Nacionales de Derechos Fundamental (realizadas del 16 al 18 de setiembre de 2021) se desarrollan en el marco del Bicentenario de la Independencia del Perú, efeméride propicia Para reflexionar históricamente sobre el devenir y los problemas de nuestro modelo constitucional contemporáneo, no en base a un recuento de los hechos históricos, sino del estudio de las causas de la situación contemporánea tanto del régimen político y del régimen económico, como su impacto en los derechos fundamentales, y, en el quehacer judicial, así como, de analizar las posibilidades de su transformación constitucional.

Gifts are always with us: we use them positively to display affection and show gratitude for favours; we suspect that others give and accept them as douceurs and bribes.

When people pay bribes to foreign public officials, how should the law respond?

Turbulent times.

A passionate examination of why international anti-corruption fails to deliver results and how we should understand and build good governance.

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-richIn 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources.

En nuestro país existen problemas que necesitan soluciones serias y estructurales, es por eso que las instituciones nacionales requieren realizar reflexiones críticas sobre temas sociales, en general y temas constitucionales, en particular; así como también proponer una serie de soluciones urgentes.

After her beloved dad got addicted to right-wing talk radio and Fox News, Jen Senko feared he would never be the same again.

Multiple studies conducted during the Trump era reveal that Americans are far less resistant to factual information than is commonly surmised.

From virtue to venality examines the problem of corruption in British urban society and politics between 1930 and 1995.

This book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life.

In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organised mafias.

Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy.

The corruption of public officials in the United States and its corrosive impact on public policy, political stability and democratic institutions, earns it a spot among the most critical public crises of the last decade.

Pakistans 2018 general elections marked the second successful transfer of power from one elected civilian government to anothera remarkable achievement considering the countrys history of dictatorial rule.

Among the political institutions inherited from Canada's British past is the system by which people are elected to office.

This book empirically maps the decline in standards since the inauguration of Irish independence in 1922, to the loss of Irish economic sovereignty in 2010.

Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State.

A comprehensive look at the world of illicit trade Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies.

What happened to the Quebec sovereignty movement after 1995?

While the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was also a time of political, economic, and technological change.

La Revolución francesa inauguró un Estado moderno como Estado de Derecho, en el que no solamente los gobernados sino también los gobernantes estarían sometidos al ordenamiento jurídico de cada nación.

Zu Korruptionskritik ist gegenwärtig national und international viel zu hören, nur wenige Beiträge allerdings entstammen der Theologie.

Corruption takes many different forms and the systems that enable it are complex and challenging.

Se ha señalado con mucha razón que en el marco del Estado constitucional los derechos fundamentales son la piedra angular del derecho público y privado.

Whistleblowers are seldom seen as heroes.