Riccardo Pelizzo, Frederick Stapenhurst

Corruption and Legislatures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates parliaments' role in curbing corruption. In addition to discussing the definition, causes, and costs of corruption and the role that parliaments have in reducing corruption, the authors consider contemporary issues that parliamentarians - and others - need to be aware of.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415730105
• ISBN-10: 0415730104
• Artikelnr.: 40140280

Autorenporträt

Riccardo Pelizzo is a consultant at the World Bank Institute. Frederick Stapenhurst is a Professor of Practice at McGill University and a consultant at the World Bank Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. The Dividends of Good Governance. 3. Strategies to Curb
Corruption - the Role of the Legislature. 4. The Effectiveness of
Legislative Oversight: the Case of Ghana and Nigeria in Comparative
Perspective. 5. Legislative Corruption, Public Trust and Political Will. 6.
Legislative Ethics. 7. Political Finance. 8. Conclusions. Expert Monograph:
Putting a Stop to the Laundering of Corrupt Money.