1. Understanding control of corruption; 2. Diagnosis and measurement; 3. The road to Denmark: historical paths to corruption control; 4. Structure and agency: determining control of corruption; 5. Understanding contemporary achievers; 6. Domestic collective action capacity; 7. International agency and its anticorruption impact; 8. From critical mess to critical mass: some tentative policy conclusions.
A passionate examination of why international anti-corruption fails to deliver results and how we should understand and build good governance.
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi teaches democratization and policy analysis at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. She chairs the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State Building Research and is Chair of Policy Pillar of the EU FP7 five-year research project, ANTICORRP. Professor Mungiu-Pippidi has served as an adviser on issues of governance measurement and anticorruption to the European Commission, UNDP, Freedom House, NORAD and the World Bank, among others. She is also a popular op-ed writer and the author of two film documentaries: 'Where Europe Ends' and 'A Tale of Two Villages,' screened by the BBC.
'This is one of the most important books ever written on the most
universal governance challenge of our time - how to control
corruption. In this brilliant integration of theory, history, case
studies and quantitative evidence, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi shows how
countries move from the natural state of corruption, clientelism
and particularistic governance to the impersonal norms of fairness,
integrity and transparency that make for good governance. This is
an indispensable work for any scholar, student or policy-maker who
wants to understand how societies mobilize and states reform to
control corruption.' Larry Diamond, Director, Center on Democracy,
Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University,
California
'Reformers who read this essential book will learn rather than
seeking 'toolkits' to attack specific corrupt activities,
successful societies have made integrity and accountability
widely-accepted norms, backed up by the self-interest of a wide
range of citizens. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi makes clear that
societies which keep corruption under control have succeeded not
just a due to their present laws and enforcement, but through a
longer-term story of political development, widespread expectations
and the building of effective performance of public institutions.'
Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science
Emeritus, Colgate University
'Alina Mungiu-Pippidi uniquely straddles the worlds of theory and
practice, adding to both worlds with her comprehensive perspective,
honesty about what is not known, and bold speculations about the
drivers of change.' Robert Klitgaard, Claremont Graduate
University
'A strong argument for framing the anti-corruption debate in terms
of ethical universalism and impartiality with a focus on grassroots
citizen involvement. Mungiu-Pippidi realistically acknowledges the
difficulty of lasting reform, but at the same time she usefully
seeks to move the policy debate beyond platitudes to concrete
proposals that can attract domestic support and fit local
contexts.' Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and
Political Science, Yale University
'Mungiu-Pippidi writes that creating collective action and
providing political support is the only proven effective strategy
against corruption. Specialists will appreciate the comprehensive
summary and review of the literature … Highly recommended.' R. E.
Hartwig, Choice
'Mungiu-Pippidi's work is a significant contribution to our
understanding of the subject, and one to which policymakers and
international donors should pay attention. Her work systematically
explores the failed and successful trajectories of different
countries in arriving at norms of universalism in governance. It is
an important work in its welcome focus on the importance of
societal norms in creating and sustaining various types of
political corruption, and in the finding that what matters most is
not international efforts, but domestic ones … [The book] would be
a welcome addition to an advanced undergraduate or graduate course
on the political economy of corruption, and on the political
economy of development. It should also serve as required reading
for domestic and international policymakers, donors, and NGO
activists concerned about corruption.' Carolyn M. Warner,
Governance
'The Quest for Good Governance combines sophisticated conceptual
discussion (for example, of the varying definitions of corruption
and their consequences) with a historical perspective and a
critical statistical analysis of various databases. It is a good
example of a multi-method approach to a huge and complex problem …
I find this an accomplished and important book, and one which
deserves very wide readership.' Christopher Pollitt, International
Review of Administrative Sciences
'Along with Tilly and Acemoglu and Robinson, Mungiu-Pippidi in this
volume smartly re-frames the nature of the modern state. Elsewhere
in her superbly thoughtful and conceptually enriching book, [she]
focuses on how the Italian city-states in their rise to
republicanism largely contained corrupt practices and, by focusing
on equality, avoided the kinds of wholesale corruption that is (and
has been for years) widespread in the modern Italian state.
Fortunately, Mungiu-Pippidi's remarkable book provides a welcome
trove of possible solutions to the historical problem of
corruption.' Robert Rotberg, Journal of Interdisciplinary
History
'In this bold and important book, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi seeks
nothing less than to overturn received wisdom about what corruption
is and how best to combat it.' Edward Aspinall, Journal of
Democracy
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