1st Edition
Corruption in the Global Era Causes, Sources and Forms of Manifestation
PART I Introduction; Chapter 1 Corruption and globalisation: towards an interdisciplinary scientific understanding of corruption as a global crime; PART II Corruption beyond bribery and illegality; Chapter 2 Fostering business relationships or an inducement to improper performance: an analysis of the role of corporate hospitality following the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010; Chapter 3 Assessment and analysis of corruption in China; Chapter 4 The Grey Zone: where does financial corruption begin and competitiveness end? The case of financial product misselling; Chapter 5 The UK national press: reform and corruption; Chapter 6 The Welsh Premier League and the ‘significant risk’ to match-manipulation: is a specific offence required?; PART III Causes of corruption: motivations, opportunities and sources; Chapter 7 The source of corruption: the link between the centrality of money in contemporary Western societies and new developments in political corruption; Chapter 8 Explaining the causes of bribery from an offender perspective; Chapter 9 Why is it so difficult to prosecute gambling-related match-fixing?; Chapter 10 Teenage kicks: how the structural adolescence of the football sector engenders a risk of money laundering, – corruption and other economic crimes; Chapter 11 Brexit, integrity and corruption: local and global challenges; PART IV Forms of manifestation and effects: the transnationality and transversality of corruption; Chapter 12 Financial crises and fraud: a pattern emerges; Chapter 13 Corruption in World Bank–financed development projects: a phenomenon-focused examination; Chapter 14 Waste and corruption in health care; Chapter 15 Corruption and human trafficking: a holistic approach; Chapter 16 Fair play and refereeing: a legal strategy against corruption in sport
Biography
Lorenzo Pasculli is Assistant Professor of Law, Coventry Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University, UK.
Nicholas Ryder is Professor in Financial Crime, Bristol Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, the University of the West of England, UK.
