The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity - How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective (Hardcover, New)

Anticorruption reforms provide excellent political cover for public officials, but do they really reduce corruption? And do the benefits outweigh the costs? In this comprehensive and controversial case study of anticorruption efforts, Frank Anechiarico and James B. Jacobs show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine our ability to govern. Using anticorruption efforts in New York City to illustrate their argument, Anechiarico and Jacobs demonstrate the costly inefficiencies of pursuing absolute integrity. By proliferating dysfunctions, constraining decision makers' discretion, shaping priorities, and causing delays, corruption control - no less than corruption itself - has contributed to the contemporary crisis in public administration. This book begins a new and vital discourse on how to free public administration from burdensome corruption controls without sacrificing government integrity. It will interest scholars in political science, sociology, public administration, policy studies, and criminology.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Crime and Justice
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	December 1996
Authors:	Frank Anechiarico • James B. Jacobs
Dimensions:	236 x 161 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-02051-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Causes & prevention of crime Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	0-226-02051-7
Barcode:	9780226020518

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