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Corruption and Informal Practices in the Middle East and North Africa book cover

1st Edition

Corruption and Informal Practices in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited By Ina Kubbe, Aiysha Varraich Copyright 2020
252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book investigates the pervasive problem of corruption across the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on the specifics of the local context, the book explores how corruption in the region is actuated through informal practices that coexist and work in parallel to formal institutions. When informal practices become vehicles for corruption, they can have negative ripple effects across... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Ina Kubbe and Aiysha Varraich

Part 1: Conceptualising the Mechanisms and Dynamics of Corruption and Informal Practices in the MENA region

  1. Dispersing the Fog: A Philosophical Analysis of Institutional Corruption Applied to the MENA Region

    2. Gizem Kaya and Georgy Kopshteyn

  2. Hamulas and Structural Corruption in The Middle East

    3. Mohammed Khalaily and Doron Navot

  3. Assessing the Impact of Sectarian Patronage in Lebanon

    4. Patty Zakaria

  4. Does Wasta Undermine Support for Democracy? Corruption, Clientelism and Attitudes toward Political Regimes

    5. Lindsay J. Benstead, Lonna Rae Atkeson and Muhammad Adnan Shahid

    Part 2: Successes and Failures of Anti-corruption Initiatives

  5. Sweeping under the Rug: The Limitations and Failures of the Formal Fight Against Corruption in Morocco

    6. Ángela Suárez-Collado and Sergio García-Rendón

  6. Old Wine in New Bottles? Corruption and Neopatrimonial Statehood in Turkey

    7. Digdem Soyaltin Colella

  7. "Corruption Eruption"? The Israeli Case

    8. Doron Navot and Ina Kubbe

    Part 3: The Way Forward – Empowering women as a Tool to reduce corruption

  8. Is Poor Performance in Gender Equality Linked to Higher Corruption in the Middle East?

    9. Amy Alexander

  9. Women, Corruption and Wasta in Jordan – A Case Study in Female Elected Representatives

    10. David Jackson, Sarah A. Tobin, and Jennifer Philippa Eggert

  10. Between Leadership and Kinship: Women Empowerment in the GCC Countries

    11. Rahma Abdulkadir and Henriette Müller

  11. Support for Gender Quotas and Perceived Corruption in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Lebanon

Marwa Shalaby

Conclusion and Future Prospects

Ina Kubbe and Aiysha Varraich

Index

Biography

Ina Kubbe, Post-Doctoral Researcher, The School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University, Israel.



Aiysha Varraich, PhD Candidate, Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

"This volume is destined to become an instant classic on corruption and informal practices in the MENA region. Leading authorities shed light on lies beyond the shadows." -- Robert Looney, Distinguished Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA.

"In this innovative collection, a new generation of scholarship finds a way of disaggregating the umbrella term of ‘corruption’ for the purposes of precision in study and policy-making in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They focus on the sensitive issues as to whether, and at which point informal practices, widely adopted and often associated with culture, actually turn into corruption. The book sheds light on why some anti-corruption strategies have worked and others have not, and explores the potential of empowering women and facilitating the use of personal networks, thus integrating ‘what works’ into the anti-corruption policy implementation and offering context-sensitive solutions to the persistent issues in the region." -- Alena Ledeneva, Founder of the Global Informality Project, Professor of Politics and Society, UCL, United Kingdom

 

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