Towards a Global Consensus Against Corruption: International Agreements as Products of Diffusion and Signals of Commitment

ISBN-13: 9781032178349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 196 str.

Mathis Lohaus

Opis

Corruption has long been identified as a governance challenge, yet it took states until the 1990s to adopt binding agreements combating it. This book seeks to explain similarities and differences between international anti-corruption agreements.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The argument: Diffusion and signalling motives  2. International anti-corruption agreements in comparison  3. Organization of American States: Activist governments and domestic reference models  4. African Union: Development cooperation, non-state actors, and external reference models  5. Conclusion: Lessons to draw from the global patchwork  Annex I: List of documents  Annex II: Additional data on scope conditions  Annex III: List of interviews

O autorze

Mathis Lohaus is a postdoctoral researcher at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universtät Berlin, Germany. His research interests include international and regional organizations, global efforts to promote anti-corruption and good governance, and the diffusion of ideas. He holds a doctoral degree in political science from Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies and Freie Universität Berlin.