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Paying bribes for public services, a global guide to grass-roots corruption, Richard Rose and Caryn Peiffer

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Paying bribes for public services, a global guide to grass-roots corruption, Richard Rose and Caryn Peiffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-106) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Paying bribes for public services

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

904241430

Responsibility statement

Richard Rose and Caryn Peiffer

Series statement

Palgrave pivot

Sub title

a global guide to grass-roots corruption

Summary

Why do 1.6 billion people annually pay bribes to use basic public services, while more than 5 billion people do not? Why does bribery differ between education, health care, the police and courts? Is the idea that bribery is wrong common to cultures on every continent or a luxury value of prosperous Western countries? This cutting edge Palgrave Pivot answers these questions by drawing on sample surveys of the experience of grass-roots public services world wide. Based on Barometer surveys of more than 250,000 people in 119 countries in Africa, Asia, the European Union, post-Communist Europe, and Latin America, it identifies significant differences in the payment of bribes between countries on every continent and between services and between individuals within each country. The book also offers six practical principles to reduce the scale of bribery that can be applied to public services ranging from education to policing.--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

List Of Tables And Figures Preface 1. Why Bribery Matters Corruption: A Word With Many Uses Behaviour At The Grass Roots Questions And Answers 2. Getting Things Done By The Book, By Hook Or By Crook Bureaucracy As A Book Of Rules Bureaucracy Not The Only Way Of Getting Things Done Is Bribery Wrong? 3. Contact Is Critical Public Services Differ Contact Varies By Service 4. The Extent Of Bribery Payment Of A Bribe Bribes Vary By Service When Bribery Happens How Much Is Paid As A Bribe Credibility Checks 5. Perception Is Not Experience Mass Perceptions Of Corruption Potential For Protest 6. Differences Across Time, Space And Individuals No Trend Over Time Differences Between Countries Explaining Differences In Who Pays Bribes 7. Choices In Surveys Core Topics And Questions Choices In Fieldwork 8. Reducing Bribes For Public Services Six Principles For Reducing Bribery Political Implications

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Global guide to grass-roots corruptionGrass-roots corruption

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