This book focuses on the role of norms in the description, explanation, prediction and combat of corruption. It conceives corruption as a ubiquitous problem, constructed by specific traditions, values, norms and institutions. The chapters concentrate on the relationship between corruption and social as well as legal norms, providing comparative perspectives from different academic disciplines, theoretical and methodological backgrounds, and various country-studies. Due to the nature of social norms that are embedded in personal, local, and organizational contexts, the contributions in the volume focus in particular on the individual and institutional level of analysis (micro and meso-mechanisms). The book will be of interest to students and scholars across the fields of political science, public administration, socio-legal studies and psychology.

Presents theoretical-conceptual, empirical cross-country and experimental findings on the influence of social norms on the occurrence of corruption Addresses the role of norms by examining the specific (regional) conditions affecting when, how, and why these come into play Looks at how global anti-corruption norms are constructed, interpreted and transformed

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Ina Kubbe is Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She has published several books and articles on corruption related to democracy. Ina specializes in methodology and comparative research on empirical corruption, democracy and governance research as well as political psychology. She is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network and currently researching on the norms of values of the Israeli and Palestinian society related to the conflict. Annika Engelbert is Post-Doctoral Researcher at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, working at the intersection of law and social sciences on human rights and administrative law issues in developing countries. Annika has published several books and articles on corruption in public administration in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network and currently researches human rights-based approaches tosocial health protection.

Inhalt
Introduction; Ina Kubbe, Annika Engelbert.- Part I: How Social Norms Shape Our Understanding of Corruption.- 1. Political Fairness and Legal Corruption; Michael Johnston.- 2. The Social Psychology of Corruption Norms; Nils Köbis, Daniel Iguarri Carter, Christopher Starke.- 3. Micro-Perspectives on the Gender/Corruption Link; Amy Alexander.- 4. Religiosity and Tolerance for Corruption; Patty Zakaria.- 5. The Role of Mediated Scandals in the Definition of Norms; Sofia Wickberg.- Part II: Norms and Corruption from Country-Specific Perspectives; 6. Caught between Liberation and Liberalism: corruption in post-apartheid South Africa; Thomas Koelble.- 7. Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes and Vote-buying Strategies in Brazil; Flávio Eiró.- 8. Let's Play: Bribery Games in the U.S. and Germany; Ina Kubbe.- 9. Corruption, Social Norms and Everyday Life in Clientalistic Uzbekistan; Rustamjon Urinboyev, Måns Svenson.- 10. Informal Institutions and Norms in Kosovo's Municipalities; David Jackson.- Part III: Norms and the Global Anti-Corruption Framework.- 11. Norm Robustness and Contestation: What Does Anti-Corruption Mean in Global Politics?; Ellen Gutterman, Mathis Lohaus; 12. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Political Funding Regulations; Vit Simral.- 13. The Culture Variable vis-à-vis Anti-Bribery Law; Qingxiu Bu.- 14. The Art of Missing the Point: FIFA and the Control of Corruption; Dan Hough.- 15. A Case Study of an EU Procurement Process in Somalia; Peter Stiernstedt, Mark Button.