The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity: How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective

by James B. Jacobs and Frank Anechiarico

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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. By constraining decision makers' discretion, shaping priorities, and causing delays, corruption control--no less than corruption itself--has contributed to the contemporary crisis in public...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226020517

ISBN13:9780226020518

Release Date:December 1996

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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