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Why have so few countries managed to leave systematic corruption
behind, while in many others modernization is still a mere facade?
How do we escape the trap of corruption, to reach a governance
system based on ethical universalism? In this unique book, Alina
Mungiu-Pippidi and Michael Johnston lead a team of eminent
researchers on an illuminating path towards deconstructing the few
virtuous circles in contemporary governance. The book combines a
solid theoretical framework with quantitative evidence and case
studies from around the world. While extracting lessons to be
learned from the success cases covered, Transitions to Good
Governance avoids being prescriptive and successfully contributes
to the understanding of virtuous circles in contemporary good
governance. Offering a balanced but always grounded perspective,
this collection combines analytic narratives of existing virtuous
circles and how they were established, with an analysis of the
global evidence. In doing so the authors explain why governance is
so resistant to change, and describe the lessons to be remembered
for international anti-corruption efforts. Exploring the primacy of
politics over economic development, and in order to understand how
vicious circles can be broken, the expert contributions trace the
progress of countries that have successfully transitioned.
Unprecedentedly, this book goes beyond the tests of different
variables to showcase human agency on every continent, and reveals
why some nations make the best and others the worst of the same
development legacies. This comprehensive examination of virtuous
circles of governance will appeal to all scholars with an interest
in transitions, democratization, anti-corruption and good
governance. Policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of
international development, good governance and democracy support
will find it an invaluable resource. Contributors include: A.
Bozzini, D. Bupuet Corleto, C. Goebel, M. Johnston, V. Kalnins, L.
Khatib, A. Kupatadze, M. Martini, A. Mungiu-Pippidi, P. Navia, R.
Pineiro, D. Sebudubudu, E. Villarreal, B.W. Wilson, J.-S. You
This newly revised eighth edition of Southeast Asia in the New
International Era provides readers with contemporary coverage of a
vibrant region home to more than 650 million people, vast cultural
diversity, and dynamic globalized markets. Sensitive to historical
legacies and paying special attention to developments since the end
of the Cold War, this book highlights the events, players, and
institutions that shape the region. Employing a country-by-country
format, the analysis engages in context-specific treatment of the
region's eleven countries: Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam,
Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia,
Singapore, and Brunei. Fully updated, the book's revised content
includes Rodrigo Duterte's drug war in the Philippines, Malaysia's
historic 2018 election ending four decades of UMNO rule, Hun Sen's
latest power grab in Cambodia, and a consequential monarchical
transition in post-coup Thailand. It also analyzes recent
developments in the South China Sea dispute, the Rohingya tragedy
in Myanmar, China's expanding Belt and Road Initiative, as well as
the effects of the Trump Administration's tariffs and trade war. An
excellent resource for students, this textbook makes sense of the
region's coups, elections, policy debates, protests, and alliances,
leaving readers with a solid foundation for further study.
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