Political Control of Bureaucracies as an Incentive for Political Party Behavior
This paper examines theoretically and empirically the institutional conditions relevant to political linkage strategies between voters and parties. More specifically, we analyze whether and the extent...
View ArticleGender and Corruption: the latest ANTICORRP research
In the last months, several ANTICORRP researchers, based at the Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg investigated the issue of gender and corruption. They approached the...
View ArticleANTICORRP and SELDI Conference: Enhancing CSO Advocacy Efforts for Countering...
On 29-30 October 2015 the EU FP7 ANTICORRP project, together with the SELDI initiative organized a conference in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro bringing together researchers with local and...
View ArticleANTICORRP Researchers Win Regional Studies Award
Two ANTICORRP researchers, Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente from the Quality of Government Institute (University of Gothenburg), together with Lewis Dijkstra (European Commission) won the annual...
View ArticleLearning from Virtuous Circles
Once of interest mainly to specialists, the problem of explaining how institutions change is now a primary concern not only of economists, but of the international donor community as well. Many have...
View ArticleThe Quest for Good Governance: Georgia’s Break with the Past
This paper looks at Georgia’s path to reform in 2004–2012. The author argues that the young, ideologically and structurally cohesive elite capitalized on the window of opportunity and implemented “big...
View ArticleThe Quest for Good Governance: Taiwan’s Fight Against Corruption
In Taiwan, the legal definition of what constitutes “corrupt” behavior and legal changes is now clearer than ever. Moreover, since the change in ruling parties, judicial independence has been...
View ArticleThe Quest for Good Governance: Uruguay’s Shift from Clientelism
Uruguay improved its levels of universalism in the last fifteen years. This improvement is due to a prolonged process of transformation in Uruguayan politics from competitive particularism to an open...
View ArticleFull data set of ethnographic studies prepared for integration with other WPs
This deliverable develops a novel approach to the study of corruption in public administrations by focusing on the analysis of ethnographic field data. Corruption is a complex topic which can be best...
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Corruption Perception: How Can We Improve Corruption Measurements?
When releasing the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), every year, Transparency International (TI) can be sure to attract the attention of the wider public including policy makers, academics and the...
View ArticleThe EU’s Pathological Power: The Failure of External Rule of Law Promotion in...
What impact does the European Union (EU) have on the development of the rule of law in South Eastern Europe (SEE)? The author of this article argues and shows that the EU has: 1) a positively...
View ArticleViolence and the costs of honesty: Rethinking bureaucrats’ choice to take bribes
Explanations of bureaucrats’ decisions to take bribes include accounts of incentives as well as expectations. However, there are further considerations in violent contexts, where refusal of bribes may...
View ArticleHow history can help us think about corruption and anticorruption
This article by André Vitória and Ronald Kroeze originally appeared on History & Policy Corruption is viewed today as one of the most serious and pressing issues facing governments and civil...
View ArticleThe EU’s Rule of Law Promotion in Central and Eastern Europe: Where and Why...
This policy paper identifies two key dilemmas of the EU’s rule of law promotion: 1. The problem of supporting unaccountable reformers in a partisan way (ownership dilemma); 2. The problem of valuing...
View ArticleTendertracking.eu
The website tendertrecking.eu (kozpenzkereso.eu) is showing a database of public procurement contracts in Hungary graded by a corruption risk scorecard. Its goal is to make every contract, issuer and...
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2016, the Decisive Year for Public Integrity Reform in Romania
On 25 February, ANTICORRP partner Romanian Academic Society (SAR), together with the Chancellery of the Romanian Prime-Minister, and the Ministry of Justice, organized a conference titled “2016, the...
View ArticleReport on the implementation, monitoring and enforcement
The ANTICORRP Project WP10 on “Monitoring anti-corruption legislation and enforcement in Europe” has the overall aim to study state compliance and implementation of international and European...
View ArticleThe Impact of EU Conditionality on Corruption Control and Governance in...
This paper seeks to evaluate the impact of EU policy and funds aimed at improving governance and controlling corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It examines the interrelation between EU...
View ArticleImproving governance in Bulgaria: Evaluating the Impact of EU Conditionality...
The paper examines the impact on Bulgaria’s anti-corruption performance of the interrelation between EU policy conditionality and EU financial assistance, with a focus on post-accession developments....
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