Understanding Corruption

How Corruption Works in Practice

Robert Barrington, Elizabeth David-Barrett, Sam Power and Dan Hough

“A valuable overview and synthesis of what we do – and do not – know, examining major trends in thought and practice while carefully dissecting a variety of cases. It is an essential work for students and teaching, and will help guide the research and debates to come.”

– Michael Johnston, Colgate University

Understanding Corruption tells the story of how corruption happens in the real world, illustrated through detailed case studies of the many different types of corruption that span the globe. Each case study follows a tried and tested analytical approach that provides key insights into the workings of corruption and the measures best used to tackle it.

Case studies include

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• Odebrecht, corporate bribery and political corruption

• Alstom and corporate bribery

• Panalpina and facilitation payments

• The Council of Europe and Azerbaijan

• Darleen Druyun and the US defence sector

Robert Barrington is Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice in the Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC) at the University of Sussex.

• Jack Abramoff and the US lobbying industry

• Jacques Chirac and French politics

• Angola and the Dos Santos regime

• Erdogan and cronyism in Turkey • Najib Razak and 1MDB in Malaysia

• The Guptas and state capture in South Africa • FIFA: kleptocracy and capture outside politics

• Teodorin Obiang and asset recovery

• The Panama Papers and offshore secrecy

• Bell Pottinger and reputation laundering in South Africa • Zamira Hajiyeva and unexplained wealth

Elizabeth David-Barrett is Professor of Governance and Integrity and Director of CSC at the University of Sussex.

Sam Power is Lecturer in Corruption Analysis in CSC at the University of Sussex.

Dan Hough is Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex.

The Five Giants: A New Beveridge Report Consultant Editor: Danny Dorling

William Beveridge’s 1942 Report laid the groundwork for the welfare state in Britain and famously aimed at eradicating the five giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. Some 80 years later, Britain finds itself again at such a critical juncture. Each with a distinctive voice, these books articulate the reality of the five giants today and, in the spirit of Beveridge, they aim to ignite a broader debate about the future of our society and institutions and encourage the vision and aspiration that previous generations held for us.

Want

Helen Barnard

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Ignorance

Sally Tomlinson

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Disease

Frances Darlington-Pollock

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Squalor

Robbie Shilliam and Daniel Renwick

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Idleness

Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar

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192 pages | 2022