Mark Knights, Professor of History at the University of Warwick, uses pre-twentieth century historical data to examine Britain’s long struggle with corruption and what can be learned from it today. Knights writes that anti-corruption is not always a linear journey…
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REVIEW: ‘How Corruption Works in Practice’
Laurence Cockcroft reviews ‘Understanding Corruption: how corruption works in practice’ and writes that the use of the case study template provides good analysis of the issues surrounding corruption and it is a useful, albeit partial, guide to the nature of…
Understanding Corruption: how corruption works in practice
Robert Barrington, Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the University of Sussex, writes about a new book written by staff, students and alumni from the Centre for the Study of Corruption. ‘Understanding Corruption: how corruption works in practice‘ is a new…
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The Keys to the Success of Transnational Investigative Journalism
Professor Liz Dávid-Barrett, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex, and Slobodan Tomić, Lecturer in Public Management at the University of York examine how and why transnational investigative journalism has become an important tool in…
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On the borderline of corruption: recent cases involving Britain’s Royal Family
In light of recent scandals involving the British royal family, Professor Robert Barrington examines whether it is appropriate to use the term corruption. Monarchies are no strangers to corruption. This does not just mean the Tudors or the Habsburgs or…
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Guardians of the Rule of Law or Professional Enablers?
Robert Barrington, Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the Centre for the Study of Corruption, examines the role of lawyers in facilitating global corruption in the light of the Pandora Papers. A version of this blog was first published on law.com, following a…
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Do new technologies help us curb or facilitate corruption? Call for Papers
The everyday use of new technologies entangles with both corruption practices and anti-corruption efforts. One strand of research argues that new technologies help us curb corruption, for example by empowering citizens’ monitoring capacity and facilitating grassroots anti-corruption initiatives. Another strand…
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