“Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption

Heywood, Paul M.; Rose, Jonathan

doi:10.1017/S0143814X14000099

All Outputs (4)

Measuring corruption: Perspectives, critiques and limits (2014)
Book Chapter
Heywood, P. M. (2014). Measuring corruption: Perspectives, critiques and limits. In P. M. Heywood (Ed.), Routledge handbook of political corruption (137-153). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739175.ch10

How do we measure some thing that is, by its very nature, largely hidden? This is the conundrum that faces all who have attempted to develop a means of measuring corruption. Given the seemingly intractable nature of this problem, the obvious question... Read More about Measuring corruption: Perspectives, critiques and limits.

Introduction: Scale and focus in the study of corruption (2014)
Book Chapter
Heywood, P. M. (2014). Introduction: Scale and focus in the study of corruption. In P. M. Heywood (Ed.), Routledge handbook of political corruption (1-14). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739175.intro

Corruption is one of the most high-profile issues in the contemporary world. According to the 2011 ‘World Speaks’ surveys, conducted by GlobeScan for the BBC World Service, corruption was the world’s most talked-about problem, ahead of extreme povert... Read More about Introduction: Scale and focus in the study of corruption.

Routledge handbook of political corruption (2014)
Book
Heywood, P. M. (2014). Routledge handbook of political corruption. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739175

Since the early 1990s, a series of major scandals in both the financial and most especially the political world has resulted in close attention being paid to the issue of corruption and its links to political legitimacy and stability. Indeed, in many... Read More about Routledge handbook of political corruption.

“Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption (2014)
Journal Article
Heywood, P. M., & Rose, J. (2014). “Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption. Journal of Public Policy, 34(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X14000099

The financial cost of corruption has recently been estimated at more than 5 per cent of global GDP. Yet, despite the widespread agreement that corruption is one of the most pressing policy challenges facing world leaders, it remains as widespread tod... Read More about “Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption.