Leadership, Institutions and Enforcement

Anti-Corruption Agencies in Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-319-97582-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Executive Politics and Governance

This book presents an analysis of five anticorruption agencies (ACAs) from Serbia, Macedonia and Croatia, exploring the impact of organisational factors and leadership on their enforcement patterns during the first decade of the transitional reforms (2001-2012). Contrary to the conventional theory of agency insulation, the analysis reveals that the ACAs’ de facto autonomy was not crucially shaped by their statutory independence, but rather by the reputational management of their leaders. The book draws on a mixture of qualitative and quantitative analysis to document these reputational strategies and how they shaped the ACAs’ de facto autonomy. The findings also suggest that that the ACAs’ organisational model – defined by the delegated mandate and powers (preventative vs suppressive) – represented a key variable that mediated under which conditions high de facto autonomy can be achieved. The book offers contributions to the study of anticorruption policy and ethics regulation, as well as the wider inquiry into drivers of agency independence, particularly in transitional contexts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tomi¿, Slobodan

Tomic, Slobodan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theory and Methods.- Chapter 3. Serbian Council.- Chapter 4. Serbian Committee and Agency.- Chapter 5. Macedonia.- Chapter 6. Croatia.- Chapter 7. Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Slobodan Tomic is Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellow in the College of Social Sciences and Law at the University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland (2017-2019). His expertise is in the fields of public administration, regulation, integrity policies, and public sector oversight.