Research Agenda for Studies of Corruption

Edited by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Comparative Public Policy, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy and Paul M. Heywood, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, UK

'Corruption studies is enjoying a renaissance right now, which is no surprise given the urgent need to find more effective ways to fight it. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Paul Heywood have brought together an impressive and eclectic group of authors to help set out what a new research agenda on corruption might look like, and everyone in the field will benefit from reading it.'--Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham, UK'This volume is a fine collection of results and perspectives on corruption, and helps readers find coherence across disciplines through the lens of political science.'--Tina Søreide, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway'Like the reform movement itself, corruption research needs a reboot. Mungiu-Pippidi and Heywood have assembled a provocative collection that questions old assumptions and takes a fresh look at unresolved issues. Several chapters examine the dynamics of corrupt processes as they fit into broader realities. Concluding chapters examine reforms and reformers themselves, developing propositions about the best way forward.--Michael Johnston, Colgate University, US

• Contents:PART I CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES1 Making sense of corruption studies: an introduction 2Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Paul M. Heywood2 How to define and measure corruption 7Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Mihály Fazekas3 A political approach to corruption 27Paul M. Heywood4 Recent approaches to the study of social norms and corruption 41Nils Köbis, David Jackson and Daniel Iragorri CarterPART II VARIETIES AND CONNOTATIONS5 Buying, expropriating and stealing votes 55Isabela Mares and Lauren Young6 Gender and corruption: what we know and ways forward 75Ortrun Merkle7 All that glitters . . . a closer look at the Nordic ‘exception’ 90Gissur Ó. Erlingsson and Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson8 Corruption and the media 107Carlo Berti, Roxana Bratu and Sofia Wickberg9 Corruption and populism: the linkage 118Ina Kubbe and Miranda LoliPART III THE ANTI-CORRUPTION REPERTORY10 The long arm of the law versus the invisible hand of the market? 132Roberto Martínez B. Kukutschka11 Digital anti-corruption: hopes and challenges 146Niklas Kossow12 Heroes or villains? A legislative, ethical and policy assessment ofwhistleblowing 158Michele Bocchiola, Emanuela Ceva and Maria Chiara VinciguerraReferences 172Index 209