ISBN:
9780815703297
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0815703295
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 497 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Corruption, global security, and world order
DDC:
364.1323
Keywords:
Political corruption
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Transnational crime
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Security, International
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Nuclear nonproliferation
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Political corruption
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Transnational crime
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Security, International
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Nuclear nonproliferation
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Korruption
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Kriminalität
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Bekämpfung
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Kollektive Sicherheit
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Weltordnung
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Global Governance
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Global Korruption
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Korruptionsbekämpfung
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Internationale Sicherheit
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Internationale Ordnung
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Global Governance
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Erde
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Korruption
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Politik
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Internationale Kriminalität
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Sicherheitspolitik
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Internationale Politik
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Kerntechnik
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Nonproliferation
Abstract:
"Discusses global ramifications of deeply embedded corruption by criminals and criminalized states. Explores trafficking issues--how nuclear/WMD smugglers coexist with other traffickers. Examines how corruption deprives citizens of fundamental human rights, assesses the connection between corruption and the spread of terror, and proposes remedies to reduce and contain corruption"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
How corruption compromises world peace and stability -- Defining corruption -- Defining and measuring corruption -- Corruption in the wake of domestic national conflict -- Kleptocratic interdependence -- Corruption and nuclear proliferation -- To bribe or to bomb ... -- Corruption, the criminalized state, and post-Soviet transitions -- Combating corruption in traditional societies : Papau New Guinea -- The travails of Nigeria's anti-corruption crusade -- The paradoxes of popular participation in corruption in Nigeria -- Corruption and human rights -- Leadership alters corrupt behavior -- The role of the multi-national corporation in the long war against corruption -- The organization of anti-corruption -- A coalition to combat corruption : TI, EITI, and civil society -- Reducing corruption in the health and education sectors -- Good governance, anti-corruption, and economic development
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contains essays originally prepared for discussion at a series of meetings in 2007 and 2008 held by the Committee on International Security Studies of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Program on Intrastate Conflict at the Kennedy School of Government, and the World Peace Foundation -- vii
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