The pursuit of absolute integrity : how corruption control makes government ineffective

Authors:Frank Anechiarico, James B. Jacobs

Summary:This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine the ability to govern.

Edition:View all formats and editions

Series:

Studies in crime and justice

Physical Description:xviii, 274 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780226020518, 9780226020525, 0226020517, 0226020525

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:318177372

Subjects:

Administración pública Reforma Estados Unidos

Corrupción administrativa Estados Unidos Investigaciones

Corrupción política Estados Unidos

Productividad gubernamental Estados Unidos

Public administration Reform United States

Reforma de la función pública Estados Unidos

United States

Contents:

Acknowledgments Preface 1: The Evolution of Corruption: From "Honest Graft" to Conflicts of Interest 2: The Evolution of the Anticorruption Project: From Virtue to Surveillance 3: Civil Service and the Anticorruption Project: Bondage to a Principle 4: Conflicts of Interest and Financial Disclosures: The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity 5: Whistleblowers: Uncovering Wrongdoing at Any Price 6: Internal Government Investigation: The Panopticon in New York City 7: State and Federal Prosecutors: Putting Public Officials on Ice 8: Purging Corruption from Public Contracting: Blacklists, Debarments, and the Paralysis of Procurement 9: Auditing and Accounting Controls: Beyond Bean Counting 10: Waging War Against the Inevitable 11: Public Administration: From Reform to Pathology 12: Toward a New Discourse on Corruption Control Notes Bibliography Table of Cases Index