1st Edition

Canada's Corruption at Home and Abroad

Edited By Robert I. Rotberg, David Carment Copyright 2018
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Although Canada is regarded as one of the least corrupt countries, this volume draws on wide ranging evidence and innovative research from scholars around the world to challenge this assumption. Corruption, defined as the "abuse of entrusted power for private gain," is often understood as being caused by internally motivated greed leading to prohibited acts in contravention of laws, rules... Read more

Introduction: Canada’s Corruption at Home and Abroad  1. Corruption and First Nations in Canada   2. Corruption in the Canadian military? Destroying Trust in the Chain of Command  3. Institutional Corruption and Canadian Foreign Aid  4. The Supply and Demand Sides of Corruption: Canadian Extractive Companies in Africa  5. Beyond LAVs: Corruption, Commercialization and the Canadian Defence Industry  6. Fighting Corruption: Contemporary Measures in Canada  7. Corruption and Canada: The way forward

Biography

Robert I. Rotberg is the Founding Director of Harvard Kennedy School Program on Intrastate Conflict, USA. He is also President Emeritus of the World Peace Foundation and a Fulbright Distinguished Professor of International Relations at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. His most recent book is The Corruption Cure: How Leaders and Citizens Can Combat Graft (2017).





David Carment is a professor of International Affairs at Carleton University, Canada. He is also editor of Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. He teaches conflict mediation, bargaining and negotiation, and Canadian foreign policy. His most recent books examine diaspora cooperation, state fragility and ethnic conflict.