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010 $a 2007010664
020 $a9780801445552 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0801445558 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)86117492
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043 $ae------
050 00 $aJN94.A56$bC69 2007
082 00 $a364.1/323094$222
100 1 $aWarner, Carolyn M.,$d1961-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99052881
245 14 $aThe best system money can buy :$bcorruption in the European Union /$cCarolyn M. Warner.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c2007.
300 $axvi, 256 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-246) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tCorruption dynamics in the European Union -- $g2.$tDoes competition in the European Union corrupt? -- $g3.$t"Corruption is our friend" : exporting graft in infrastructure, arms, and oil -- $g4.$tThe myth of the market : privatization -- $g5.$tDecentralization, democracy, and graft -- $g6.$tThe corruption of campaign and party financing -- $g7.$tThe pathologies of an international organization -- $g8.$tThe European Union, the international political economy, and corruption -- $gApp. 1.$tKey dead men -- $gApp. 2.$tBrief survey of the European Union -- $gApp. 3.$tThe major institutions of the European Union.
520 1 $a"As the European Union moved in the 1990s to a unified market and stronger common institutions, most observers assumed that the changes would reduce corruption. Aspects of the stronger EU promised to preclude - or at least reduce - malfeasance: regulatory harmonization, freer trade, and privatization of publicly owned enterprises. Market efficiencies would render corrupt practices more visible and less common." "In The Best System Money Can But, Carolyn M. Warner systemically and often entertainingly gives the lie to these assumptions and provides a framework for understanding the persistence of corruption in the Western states of the EU. In compelling case studies, she shows that under certain conditions, politicians and firms across Europe chose to counter the increased competition they faced due to liberal markets and political reforms by resorting to corruption. More elections have made ever-larger funding demands on political parties; privatization has proved to be a theme park for economic crime and party profit; firms and politicians collude in many areas where EU harmonization has resulted in a net reduction in law-enforcement powers; and state-led "export promotion" efforts, especially in the armaments, infrastructure, and energy sectors, have virtually institutionalized bribery."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$zEuropean Union countries.
650 0 $aCorruption$zEuropean Union countries.
650 0 $aMisconduct in office$zEuropean Union countries.
650 0 $aCommercial crimes$zEuropean Union countries.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010664.html
852 00 $bleh$hJN94.A56$iC69 2007