1st Edition
The Social Construction of Corruption in Europe
Biography
Dirk Tänzler, professor at the Department of History and Sociology of Konstanz University, Germany, coordinator of the EU-research projects 'Crime and Culture. Crime as a Cultural Problem' (2006-2009) and 'Promotion of Participation and Citizenship in Europe: Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs). Analysis and Enhancement of an Anti-Corruption Tool to Enable Better Informed and Effective Citizen Participation' (2009-2012). Visiting Professor at Vienna University (2005, 2006), Zurich University 2007, Lucerne University 2008, publications in the field of cultural, visual, political, economic sociology, sociology of knowledge, sociology of corruption, social theory and methodology. Konstadinos Maras, research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Essen, Germany and research fellow in the EU-projects 'Crime and Culture' and 'ALACs'. Lecturer at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences of the University of Tübingen and research associate at the "European Centre for Scientific, Ecumenical and Cultural Co-operation" in Würzburg. Visiting Scholar at the Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University, USA (2004). He has published in critical theory, aesthetics, European identity and integration and political corruption. Angelos Giannakopoulos, Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of History and Sociology of Konstanz University, Germany, Head of Office of the EU-research projects 'Crime and Culture' and 'ALACs'. Visiting Professor at the Universities of Cyprus (2007, 2008), Galatasaray Istanbul (2007) and Budapest (2004), Visiting Scholar at the Centre for International and Area Studies at Yale University, USA (2004) and at Waseda University, Tokyo (2007). He has published in the fields of the sociology of culture, political sociology and European integration.
’This book provides a comprehensive and timely argument that there is no clear correlation between democratization and a diminution of corruption, or consolidated democracy as its end game. The range of country perspectives and points along the developmental trajectory evidences the need for a more nuanced understanding of definitions, perceptions and the basis for reform.’ Alan Doig, University of Birmingham, UK
