Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
About the Book Series
The series features innovative and original research on the subject of corruption from scholars around the world. As well as documenting and analyzing corruption, the series aims to discuss anti-corruption initiatives and endeavors, in an attempt to demonstrate ways forward for countries and institutions where the problem is widespread. The series particularly promotes comparative and interdisciplinary research targeted at a global readership.
In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws broadly on the tool kit of the social sciences in general, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.
The series welcomes submissions from established and junior authors on cutting-edge and high-level research on key topics that feature in global news and public debate. To submit book proposals, please contact the Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
Anti-Corruption in a Discordant World: Contestation, Abuse, and Innovation
1st Edition
Edited
By David Jackson, Inge Amundsen, David Aled Williams
December 19, 2025
As the United Nations Convention against Corruption celebrates 20 years, there could be a sense that anti-corruption discourses, policies, and practices are settling into a stable, consensus-driven phase. This edited volume argues they are not. Bringing together perspectives from around the ...
Corruption Proofing in Africa: A Systems Thinking Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Dan Kuwali
July 31, 2025
This book outlines evidence-based and data-driven strategies for combating grand corruption in Africa. Although the causes of corruption vary from country to country, this book suggests that corruption in Africa is often a direct consequence of poorly conceived legislation, policies, and ...
Judicial Anti-Corruption Campaigns: Prosecutions in Italy, Brazil and Romania
1st Edition
By Nedim Hogic
July 10, 2025
This book offers a comparative analysis of cases of mass prosecutions for political corruption in Italy, Brazil, and Romania. The book outlines how judicial showdowns with political corruption emerge, what consequences they create, and whether they can be considered legitimate judicial ...
The Digitalisation of Anti-Corruption in Brazil: Scandals, Reforms, and Innovation
1st Edition
By Fernanda Odilla
December 18, 2024
This book investigates how digital technologies, such as social media and artificial intelligence, can contribute to combatting corruption in Brazil. Brazil, with its long history of scandals and abundant empirical data on digital media usage, serves as a perfect case study to trace the development...
Deconstructing Corruption in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Ina Kubbe, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Michael Johnston
September 25, 2024
This book investigates corruption and anti-corruption efforts in Africa, emphasising the regional and thematic differences across the continent, whilst also exploring key patterns and trends. Combatting the ethnocentrism of Western corruption research, this book highlights the importance of a ...
Corruption, Ethics, and Governance in South Africa: Issues, Cases, and Interventions
1st Edition
Edited
By Modimowabarwa Kanyane
May 20, 2024
This book assesses landmark empirical studies, state capture concerns, corruption, and fraud in South Africa’s public sector and thereby reflect on issues of accountability and ethics as cornerstones of governance. Bringing together some of the best minds about corruption, ethics, and governance ...
Corruption and Development in Nigeria
1st Edition
Edited
By Ọláyínká Àkànle, David O. Nkpe
September 25, 2023
Despite being Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, with abundant natural resources, Nigeria still faces substantial development challenges. This book argues that corruption lies at the heart of many of the country’s problems. Drawing on a range of different disciplinary perspectives...
Comparing Police Corruption: Bulgaria, Germany, Russia and Singapore
1st Edition
By Leslie Holmes
May 31, 2023
This book analyses police corruption across four country case studies, exploring how the problem manifests in each country and how it can be reduced. The problem of police corruption ranges from having to pay a bribe to a traffic cop to avoid a speeding fine, right up to more serious forms, such ...
The Politics of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez
May 31, 2023
This book investigates the history, development, and current state of anti-corruption agencies in Latin America. In recent decades, specialized anti-corruption agencies have sprung up as countries seek to respond to corruption and to counter administrative and political challenges. However, the ...
Corruption and the Lava Jato Scandal in Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul F Lagunes, Jan Svejnar
May 06, 2022
Corruption and the Lava Jato Scandal in Latin America brings together key international and interdisciplinary perspectives to shine new light on Lava Jato, or Operation Car Wash, Latin America’s largest corruption scandal to date. Since 2014, this scandal has unfolded in surprising ways to expose ...
Curbing Corruption: Practical Strategies for Sustainable Change
1st Edition
By Bertram I. Spector
December 20, 2021
Many anti-corruption efforts have had only a minimal effect on curbing the problem of corruption. This book explains why that is, and shows readers what works in the real world in the fight against corruption, and why. Counter-corruption initiatives often focus on the legal, institutional, and ...
The Conundrum of Corruption: Reform for Social Justice
1st Edition
By Michael Johnston, Scott Fritzen
December 31, 2020
This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent at best. Drawing on many years of experience and research, the authors critique many of ...