Global Corruption from a Geographic Perspective

Explores corruption geographically Focuses on historical context and cultural factors Examines anti-corruption campaigns and their effectiveness

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Barney Warf is a professor of Geography at the University of Kansas. His research and teaching interests lie within the broad domain of human geography. He has also studied a range of topics, such as international producer services, the internet, fiber optics, the satellite industry, offshore banking, military spending, political geography, religious diversity, and corruption. He has authored, co-authored, or co-edited eight books, three encyclopedias, 60 book chapters and more than 110 refereed journal articles. Currently, he serves as editor of The Professional Geographer, co-editor of Growth and Change, and editor-in-chief for geography for Oxford Bibliographies On-Line.

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Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Geographies of Latin American Corruption.- Chapter 3. European Corruption in Geographic Perspective.- Chapter 4. Spatiality of Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa.- Chapter 5. Geographies of Sub-Saharan African Corruption.- Chapter 6. Geographically Uneven Landscapes of Asian Corruption.- Chapter 7. Corruption in Oceania.- Chapter 8. Corruption in the United States and Canada.- Chapter 9. Conclusions.- Chapter 10. References.