{"id":1084,"date":"2020-01-29T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scscsussex.wordpress.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:13:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:13:58","slug":"corruption-a-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/2020\/01\/29\/corruption-a-world-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption; a world tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/\">Transparency International<\/a> published its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/cpi2019\">Corruption Perceptions Index<\/a>. In three articles published in newspapers and magazines around the world, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/profiles\/157318\">Dan Hough<\/a>, Professor of Politics, looks at what the CPI can &#8211; and can&#8217;t &#8211; tell us about corruption in the UK, US and China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Kingdom<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the New Statesman, Professor Hough says &#8216;We need to talk about corruption in the UK &#8211; many people have lost interest precisely at the moment when all the evidence says we need have our eyes wide open.&#8217; Read his article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/politics\/uk\/2020\/01\/we-need-talk-about-corruption-uk\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United States<\/strong><br \/>\nWriting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\">Washington Post,<\/a> Professor Hough notes: &#8216;In 2019, the U.S. ranked as more corrupt on this international index. That happened last year, too. It\u2019s tough to measure corruption, but Transparency International\u2019s annual scorecard gives trends to watch.&#8217; Read his article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/01\/24\/2019-us-ranked-more-corrupt-this-international-index-that-happened-last-year-too\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor Hough asks in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/\">South China Morning Post<\/a> &#8216;Is China still on an anti-corruption road to nowhere, despite Xi Jinping\u2019s campaign?&#8217; Read his article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/comment\/opinion\/article\/3047198\/china-still-anti-corruption-road-nowhere-despite-xi-jinpings\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Transparency International published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. In three articles published in newspapers and magazines around the world, Dan Hough, Professor of Politics, looks at what the CPI can &#8211; and can&#8217;t &#8211; tell us about corruption<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/2020\/01\/29\/corruption-a-world-tour\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[123534],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/centre-for-the-study-of-corruption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}