Corruption in politics and public administration is pervasive and
difficult to eliminate. It has a strong effect on public attitudes
toward government and is at the same time badly understood. A
clear, comprehensive understanding of corruption is critical to the
goal of ethical government that is trusted by the public. In this
short and accessible text, Staffan Andersson and Frank Anechiarico
demonstrate how the dynamics of life in organizations both generate
corruption and make it difficult to prevent without undermining the
effectiveness of government. They argue that how we define
corruption, how we measure it, and how we try to combat it are
strongly interrelated and should not be seen as separate issues.
The authors demonstrate how this integrated approach, together with
a focus on the damage caused by corruption to civic inclusivity and
participation, can serve as an entry point for understanding the
quality of democracy and the challenge of good governance. Using
examples from mainly the United States and Sweden, Andersson and
Anechiarico establish that recent anti-corruption reforms in public
administration have often been narrowly focused on bribery
(exchange corruption) and law enforcement approaches, while doing
too little to other problems and forms of corruption, such as
interest conflict. Corruption and Corruption Control: Democracy in
the Balance will be of great interest to all students of politics,
public administration and management, and ethics.
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