Table of Contents

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Handbook on the Geographies of Corruption
Barney Warf

Part I: Themes for Understanding Corruption
2. Causes and Effects of Corruption: New Developments in Empirical Research
Sufyan Dabbous and Eugen Dimant

3. Effects of Corruption on Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
Asma Sghaier and Asma Guizani

4. Gender and Corruption: Institutions and Mechanisms of Accountability
Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta and Lena Wängnerud

5. World Regional Geographies of Corruption
Barney Warf

6. The Consequences of Corruption
Dominik H. Enste and Christina Heldman

7. E-Government and Corruption: A Review
Nasr G. Elbahnasawy

Part II: National Case Studies
8. Corruption in Mexico: Continuity Amid Change
Stephen Morris

9. Persistent Malfeasance Despite Institutional Innovations and Public Outcry: A Survey of Corruption in Brazil
Kelly Senters and Matthew S. Winters

10. Corruption in East Central Europe: Has EU Membership Helped?
Agnes Batory

11. Corruption in Ukraine: Soviet Legacy, Failed Reforms and Political Risks
Johannes Leitner and Hannes Meissner

12. Corruption in Russia
Günther G. Schulze and Nikita Zakharov

13. Turkey’s Fight against Corruption: Current State and the Road Ahead
Alfredo Jiménez, Secil Bayraktar, and Mesut Eren

14. Wasta in the Arab World: An Overview
Marcus Marktanner and Maureen Wilson

15. Corruption and State Capture in South Africa: Will the Institutions Hold?
Karl Z. Meyer and John M. Luiz

16. Drugs and Corruption in Former Soviet Central Asia
Filippo De Danieli

17. Pakistan: A Study in Corruption
Feisal Khan

18. Corruption in Bangladesh: Insights from the Financial Sector
Mohammad Nurunnabi

19. Corruption in China
Vanesa Pesqué-Cela

20. An Ambivalent State: The Crossover of Corruption and Violence in the Philippines
Cleo Calimbahin

21. Indonesia: Why Democratization Has Not Reduced Corruption
Marcus Mietzner

Index

About the Author

Edited by Barney Warf, Department of Geography, University of Kansas, US

Reviews

'Corruption occurs at multiple scales and in different forms. The 21 chapters by international scholars examine corruption and e-government, development, and gender and accounts of 16 countries/regions including China, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Arab World, and Central Asia. A timely and insightful book for seminars, workshops and policymakers.'
--Stanley D. Brunn, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky, US'In this important book Barney Warf has assembled an impressive array of papers on the intricacies of corruption in its many forms across the globe. The chapters, empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated, open up new ground that is long overdue. Finally, this crucial topic gets a nuanced, robust airing that social scientists and policy analysts will deeply appreciate.'
--David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US