The Changing Face of Corruption in the Asia Pacific: Current Perspectives and Future Challenges is a contemporary analysis of corruption in the Asia-Pacific region. Bringing academicians and practitioners together, contributors to this book discuss the current perspectives of corruption’s challenges in both theory and practice, and what the future challenges will be in addressing corruption’s proliferation in the region.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors’ Biographies - p. xiii 6. Foreword - p. xxiii 7. 1. The changing face of corruption in the Asia-Pacific Region: Its discontents, current perspectives, and future challenges - p. 1 8. Part I: Theoretical Discourse - p. 19 9. 2. Political finance and corruption in Southeast Asia: Causes and challenges - p. 23 10. 3. The effect of corruption on foreign direct investment inflows: Evidence from a panel of Asia-Pacific countries - p. 35 11. 4. The role of multinationals in corruption in the Asia-Pacific region - p. 57 12. 5. Private and public corruption: Facilitating payments - p. 71 13. 6. It Takes Two People to Tango (or more!): The corrupt and debased culture of neoliberalism - p. 81 14. 7. Corruption, corporate governance, and building institutions in the Asia-Pacific - p. 93 15. Part II: Country Case Studies - p. 107 16. 8. 27 Years of fraud control in the New South Wales public sector: 1989–2016 - p. 111 17. 9. Money laundering activities in Australia—an examination of the push and pull factors driving money flows - p. 127 18. 10. Corruption in New Zealand: A case of reputational erosion? - p. 149 19. 11. The limits of anticorruption in China - p. 167 20. 12. Governance gridlocks and ubiquitous corruption: Charting causes, costs, and consequences of corruption in India - p. 179 21. 13. Competing for public acquaintances: The case of the Reliance group in India - p. 209 22. 14. Corruption in Vietnam: The current situation and proposed solutions - p. 221 23. 15. Corruption in Myanmar: Insights from business and education - p. 233 24. 16. From credible threats to credible commitments? the changing face of South Korean corruption - p. 243 25. 17. Indonesia’s anticorruption campaign: Civil society versus the political cartel - p. 253 26. 18. The road to nowhere: The rise of a neo-patrimonialist state in East Timor - p. 267 27. 19. The politics of Australian anticorruption policy to Papua New Guinea - p. 281 28. Part III: Future Challenges - p. 290 29. 20. Business feeling the strain: The changing world of anticorruption and beyond - p. 297 30. 21. Is it as simple as ABC? a practitioner’s perspective on anti-bribery compliance - p. 313 31. 22. Petty corruption in developing countries: Here for the long term - p. 327 32. 23. Corruption in the family: Financial abuse of older people in Australia - p. 335 33. 24. Moral corruption in a climate of vulnerability: Assessing COP21 - p. 355 34. 25. Future directions for research into corruption and anticorruption practice - p. 369 35. Index - p. 379
The Changing Face of Corruption in the Asia Pacific: Current Perspectives and Future Challenges is a contemporary analysis of corruption in the Asia-Pacific region. Bringing academicians and practitioners together, contributors to this book discuss the current perspectives of corruption’s challenges in both theory and practice, and what the future challenges will be in addressing corruption’s proliferation in the region.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors’ Biographies - p. xiii 6. Foreword - p. xxiii 7. 1. The changing face of corruption in the Asia-Pacific Region: Its discontents, current perspectives, and future challenges - p. 1 8. Part I: Theoretical Discourse - p. 19 9. 2. Political finance and corruption in Southeast Asia: Causes and challenges - p. 23 10. 3. The effect of corruption on foreign direct investment inflows: Evidence from a panel of Asia-Pacific countries - p. 35 11. 4. The role of multinationals in corruption in the Asia-Pacific region - p. 57 12. 5. Private and public corruption: Facilitating payments - p. 71 13. 6. It Takes Two People to Tango (or more!): The corrupt and debased culture of neoliberalism - p. 81 14. 7. Corruption, corporate governance, and building institutions in the Asia-Pacific - p. 93 15. Part II: Country Case Studies - p. 107 16. 8. 27 Years of fraud control in the New South Wales public sector: 1989–2016 - p. 111 17. 9. Money laundering activities in Australia—an examination of the push and pull factors driving money flows - p. 127 18. 10. Corruption in New Zealand: A case of reputational erosion? - p. 149 19. 11. The limits of anticorruption in China - p. 167 20. 12. Governance gridlocks and ubiquitous corruption: Charting causes, costs, and consequences of corruption in India - p. 179 21. 13. Competing for public acquaintances: The case of the Reliance group in India - p. 209 22. 14. Corruption in Vietnam: The current situation and proposed solutions - p. 221 23. 15. Corruption in Myanmar: Insights from business and education - p. 233 24. 16. From credible threats to credible commitments? the changing face of South Korean corruption - p. 243 25. 17. Indonesia’s anticorruption campaign: Civil society versus the political cartel - p. 253 26. 18. The road to nowhere: The rise of a neo-patrimonialist state in East Timor - p. 267 27. 19. The politics of Australian anticorruption policy to Papua New Guinea - p. 281 28. Part III: Future Challenges - p. 290 29. 20. Business feeling the strain: The changing world of anticorruption and beyond - p. 297 30. 21. Is it as simple as ABC? a practitioner’s perspective on anti-bribery compliance - p. 313 31. 22. Petty corruption in developing countries: Here for the long term - p. 327 32. 23. Corruption in the family: Financial abuse of older people in Australia - p. 335 33. 24. Moral corruption in a climate of vulnerability: Assessing COP21 - p. 355 34. 25. Future directions for research into corruption and anticorruption practice - p. 369 35. Index - p. 379
