The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice

1. An Introduction to Anti-Corruption Research and Practice

Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez

Part I: Regulatory Framework

2. The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Anti-Corruption

Philip M. Nichols

3. Parliament’s Interaction with Anti-Corruption Agencies: It Is Your Own Device, Make it Powerful

Franklin De Vrieze and Luka Glušac

4. Assessment of Implementation of Anti-Corruption Conventions Through Their Review Mechanisms  

Yuliya Zabyelina and Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez

5. Institutional Frameworks and Processes to Protect Public Sector Corruption Whistleblowers in the Western Hemisphere 

Demian Ernesto Iglesias Seifert

6. Anti-Corruption and Compliance: What Sport Can Learn From and Teach Compliance Functions

Christina Philippou

7. Anti-Corruption Compliance Programmes in the Private Sector   

Gemma Aiolfi

8. The Competitive Advantage of Effective Ethics and Compliance in High-Corruption-Risk Industries    

Patrice Poitevin

9. Dynamics of FCPA Voluntary Disclosures and Agile Compliance          

Mallika Mahajan

Part II: Policy Cycle

10. Monitoring Compliance Mandates in Anti-Corruption Corporate Non-trial Resolutions: Different Strategies as Illustrated by the Brazilian authorities 

Dalila Martins Viol and Raquel de Mattos Pimenta

11. The Regulatory Framework for an Effective Administrative Corruption Prevention System

Matteo Falcone and Francesco Merenda

12. Emulating Policy Pioneers to Regulate Conflicts of Interest: The Odd Authority of Early Adopters

Sofia Wickberg

13. Governmental Ethics Regulation: An Overview of Trends Across Europe           

Gonçalo Rosete, Susana Coroado and Luís de Sousa

14. The Effects of Fine-Sharing Policy on Bribery: Case Studies from the UK and Thailand

Loylom Prasertsri

15. Breaking the Corruption-Gender Nexus: The Role of Social Norms and the Power of Education

Ina Kubbe and Ortrun Merkle

Part III: Political Framework

16. Using the Mapping Method to Unmask Complex Corruption and Target Intervention

Janine R. Wedel and Kristian Lasslett

17. Anti-Corruption Actor’s Action Situation? Studying Anti-Corruption Through the Lens of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework

Gwendolyn Domning

18. Political Will for Anti-Corruption Reform: Communicative Pathways to Collective Action in Ukraine

Oleksandra Keudel, Marcia Grimes, and Oksana Huss

19. Rethinking Corruption Control in Nondemocracies: When Autocrats Clean House

Christopher Carothers

20. Judicial Anti-Corruption Campaigns: Direct Approaches to Fighting Corruption

Nedim Hogic

21. Anti-Corruption Measures in Greece: Key Issues and Challenges

Eirini Stamouli and Margarita Gasparinatou

Part IV: Activism and Mobilization

22. Anti-Corruption Consequences of Pro-transparency Grassroots Initiatives: Evidence from the Spanish and Italian Cases

Alessandra Lo Piccolo

23. Political Contention and the Institutionalization of Citizen Oversight: Lessons from the Veedurías Ciudadanas in Colombia and Ecuador  

Hector Gutiérrez Magaña

24. NGOs, Advocacy, and Anti-Corruption  

Yusuke Ishikawa

25. Framing Anti-Corruption Under Occupation: The Case of AMAN – Transparency in Palestine      

Federica Stagni and Alessandra Lo Piccolo

26. Social Accountability Mechanisms in Response to State Capture in South Africa

Albertus Schoeman

Part V: Integrity Development

27. Integrity Management Systems: What Integrity Is About, How It Relates to Corruption and What Helps to Protect Integrity and Curb Corruption  

Leo Huberts, Alain Hoekstra and André van Montfort

28. Where Next for Integrity and Anti-Corruption Trainings? Some Possible Pathways for Innovation        

Dieter Zinnbauer

29. The Profiles of Police Integrity   

Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskály and Maria (Maki) Haberfeld

30. Political Will Drives Anti-Corruption Successes: Policy and Politics

Robert I. Rotberg

31. Future-Proof Integrity Management: Lessons from Historical Research of Scandals

Toon Kerkhoff

32. Transparency International in the UK: Integrity in Campaigning

Robert Barrington

33. Anti-Corruption and Masonry: Brotherhoods, Deviance, and “Bad” Social Capital

Anna Sergi and Alberto Vanucci

Part VI: Critical Perspectives

34. The Instrumentalization of Reform         

Michael Johnston

35. Insights on the Political Instrumentalisation of Anti-Corruption Institutions: In Between a Rock and a Hard Place?   

Saba Kassa

36. (Anti-)Corruption in Brazil (2019–2022): False Prophets           

André Duffles Teixeira Aranega and Guilherme de Jesus France

37. International Development and Anti-Corruption: Blind Spots, Blind Eyes, and Blind Alleys          

Phil Mason

38. Anti-Corruption as Moral Regulation     

Steven Bittle and Jonathan Frauley

39. Tackling Corruption through Top-Down Political Campaigns: Assessing China’s Anti-Corruption Crackdown under Xi Jinping

Jingyuan Qian and Feng Tang

Part VII: Narratives

40. Anti-Corruption Awareness Raising Campaigns: Why Do they Fail, and How can “Backfire” Effects Be Avoided?          

Caryn Peiffer and Nic Cheeseman

41. The Emerging Narrative of Corrosive Capital    

Daniel Figueroa and Isabelle McRae

42. Beyond the Corrupt Anti-Corruptionism: Prelude to a Study of Corruption in the New World Disorder          

Miloš Lecić, Klaus Buchenau and Jovana Jović

43. Meanings and Uses of Anti-Corruption in Political Narratives: Common Vocabularies from Past to Present     

Alexandra Iancu

44. Discourse Analysis of Anti-Corruption Proposals: The Case of the 2021 Election in Peru

Juan Tamani Salazar

45. Socio-Linguistic Variation of Anti-Corruption Language in the Philippines

Ivan Harris Tanyag

46. The “Politicized” Anti-Corruption Debate in Italy: From the Shock of Tangentopoli to Contemporary Challenges

Rita Marchetti and Marco Mazzoni

Biography

Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez is Associate Professor and Director of the Human Sciences International Undergraduate Degree Program at The University of Osaka University, Japan.

Roxana Bratu is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy in the International School for Government, The Policy Institute at King’s College London, UK.

“The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice is a comprehensive resource that covers all the essential topics in anti-corruption research and practice while delving into the crucial challenges of our times and exploring innovative methodologies. A brilliant contribution to the field.”
Claudia Baez-Camargo, Basel Institute on Governance, Switzerland

“Finally, a book that takes a comprehensive approach to anti-corruption. It not only explores the critical legal dimensions but also engages with broader socio-political dynamics, such as power, social activism, and the narratives that shape anti-corruption strategies and outcomes. It features examples from Western and Eastern European societies, as well as case studies from South Korea, Thailand, Brazil, Colombia, and South Africa. It is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and students who study corruption and anti-corruption efforts.”

David Jancsics, San Diego State University, USA

“In The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice, Roxana Bratu and Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez have harvested an impressive bouquet of contributions from eminent and up-and-coming researchers from the multi-dimensional field that anti-corruption research is today. Readers who are looking for a meta-analysis of the field and reviews of global political and regulatory frameworks will inadvertently also be drawn into rich case studies and critical reflections.”

Sofie Arjon Schütte, Principal Adviser, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway