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Corruption Prevention and Governance in Hong Kong book cover

1st Edition

Corruption Prevention and Governance in Hong Kong

By Ian Scott, Ting Gong Copyright 2019
244 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book analyses central questions in the continuing debate about success factors in corruption prevention and the efficacy and value of anti-corruption agencies (ACAs). How do ACAs become valued within a polity? What challenges must they overcome? What conditions account for their success and failure? What contributions can corruption prevention make to good governance? And in what areas might... Read more

1. Concepts, Approaches and Institutions

Part I: Corruption Prevention in Colonial Hong Kong

2. Corruption in Hong Kong, 1842–1973

3. Crisis and Challenge: The Early Years of the ICAC

Part II: Success Factors in Corruption Prevention

4. Political Will

5. Organising for Success

6. Enforcing the Law

7. Changing Perceptions of Corruption

8. The Virtuous Circle

Part III: Corruption Prevention and Governance

9. Good Governance

10. Bad Governance

11. Institutionalising ACAs: Constraints and Possibilities

Biography

Ian Scott is Emeritus Professor and a Fellow of the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong.

Ting Gong is Professor in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong and Distinguished Chair Professor in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, China.

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