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Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

How the Corruption of Grassroots Cadres Deprives People’s Happiness

Grassroots cadres are managers responsible for grassroots governance and serve as the final interpreters and executors of central government policies. They play a critical role in policy implementation, particularly in the "last mile" of the process. However, despite the government's efforts to implement public policies,...

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Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

Populism and Corruption: Do Populist Governments Gain More Approval for Anticorruption Policies?

This article studies the relationship between the degree of populist or pluralist rhetoric employed by governments, and how it affects the perception of anticorruption effectiveness from its citizens. By combining data from the 2021 Global Corruption Barometer survey and from the 2020 Global Party Survey,...

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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

Alternative options for solving the problem of corruption through the activities of NGOs: A case study of Slovakia

The degree of enforcement of political accountability at all levels of government affects the level of corruption. Active civil society shaping public opinion puts pressure on politicians to act responsibly and thus reduces the risk of corrupt practices. Increasing political responsibility is possible through the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

Framing the largest recent Romanian protests: a content analysis of European online newspapers

At the beginning of 2017 massive protests took place on the streets of the biggest cities in Romania, unprecedented in the post-communist history of the country. They were caused by a decree passed by the government, which was meant to decriminalize certain offences, including politicians’ abuse of office. The political...

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

Corruption and Globalization: An Overview

Despite broad recognition that the transformations of globalization have markedly impacted corruption within and among countries, there remains no clear understanding of where the balance for control of corruption stands today. This article reviews existing scholarship on how globalization relates to corruption, identifying trends and drawing attention to...

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Monday, August 22nd, 2022

The invisible (under)hand – Access to information and competition in the Romanian public procurement sector

Competition in public procurement in Romania has declined sharply since 2017. Romania’s efforts toward transparency and anticorruption since becoming an EU member-state have been remarkable yet the results from over a decade of struggle do not seem to point in the direction of systemic improvement. On the contrary, over the...

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Monday, August 22nd, 2022

Public procurement in the European Union: transparent and fair? An evaluation of the effectiveness of Directives 2014/23, 2014/24 and 2014/25 on indicators of transparency and corruption

Ever since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Union has aimed to increase transparency and decrease corruption in procurement by several directives and policies. In this study, we will assess whether the transposition of Directives 2014/23, 2014/24 and 2014/25 has led to more transparency and...

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Monday, August 22nd, 2022

Beyond the lag. How to predict and understand evolutions towards good governance?

Perception aggregated indicators like Corruption Perception Index have low specificity and actionability and even lower sensitivity to change due to their nature of aggregates of experts cores. The 2017 Index for Public Integrity, although more specific, is also not optimal to trace change across time due to its aggregation. After...

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Wednesday, June 1st, 2022

Beyond the lag. How to predict and understand evolutions towards good governance?

Perception aggregated indicators like Corruption Perception Index have low specificity and actionability and even lower sensitivity to change due to their nature of aggregates of experts cores. The 2017 Index for Public Integrity, although more specific, is also not optimal to trace change across time due to its...

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Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Risks of corruption and the management of EU funds in Romania

The suspension of EU payments in four operational programmes in 2012 showed how problematic Romania’s correct and effective management of EU funds is. Such funds aim primarily at decreasing the socio-economic disparities among EU members and support the economic convergence of less developed new EU members with their Western counterparts....

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