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CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

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PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

Edited by Professor Evan Berman, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

This series brings together the best in international research on policy and governance issues. Authored and edited by experts in the field, these books present new and insightful research on a range of policy and governance issues across the globe. Topics covered include but are not limited to: policy analysis frameworks, healthcare policy, environmental/resource policy, local government policy, development policy, regional studies/policy, urban policy/planning, and social policy.

Titles include:

• Corruption, Accountability and Discretion

  Nancy S. Lind and Cara Rabe-Hemp

• The Experience of Democracy and Bureaucracy in South Korea

  Tobin Im

• Governmental Financial Resilience: International Perspectives on how Local Governments Face Austerity

  Ileana Steccolini, Martin Jones, and Iris Saliterer

• The Global Educational Policy Environment in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Gated, Regulated and Governed

  Travis D. Jules

• Governing for the Future: Designing Democratic Institutions for a Better Tomorrow

  Jonathan Boston

• Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance

  Evan Berman and M. Shamsul Haque

• Different Paths to Curbing Corruption: Lessons from Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore

  Jon S. T. Quah

• Institutional Reforms in the Public Sector: What Did We Learn?

  Mahabat Baimyrzaeva

• New Steering Concepts in Public Management

  Sandra Groeneveld and Steven Van de Walle

• Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries: An Impossible Dream?

  Jon S. T. Quah

• Public Policy and Governance Frontiers in New Zealand

  Evan Berman and Girol Karacaoglu

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PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

EDITED BY

KRISHNA K. TUMMALA, PhD

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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ISBN: 978-1-83909-643-3 (Print)

ISBN: 978-1-83909-642-6 (Online)

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ISSN: 2053-7697 (Series)

Dedication

To

all those brave souls,

who have been fighting corruption,

against all odds

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About the Editor

Krishna K. Tummala obtained two Master’s degree and taught College for eight years in India; domiciled in the United States, 1968; MPA, State University of New York, Albany; PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia. Taught at several places and retired as Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University after 25 years as Director of Public Administration Program. Directed over 125 Master’s theses and 7 PhDs. Published 10 books, over 75 refereed articles and about 65 op ed pieces in popular press. Served on the governing bodies of the two US national Associations in Public Administration – the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), and Chaired the National Honor Society for Public Administrators. Among the several prestigious awards are the Fred W. Riggs Life-time Achievement in Comparative Administration; Paul Appleby award for Services to Public Administration; Conferred the title Rashtriya Vikas Shiromani (Distinguished Development Administration Scholar), Delhi Telugu Academy; Don Stone Award, ASPA; Senior Fulbright Fellow; and Member on Fulbright Scholars.

About the Authors

Tony J. Carrizales is an Associate Professor of public administration at Marist College and Former Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. His research interests include diversity in the public sector, the digital divide, and e-governance. He received his PhD from the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark.

I. W. Ferreira was born on 1942, June 29 in Pretoria. Obtained school leaving certificate in 1961. Employed by the South-African Railways as a goods clerk, then SASOL I, Department of Labor in East London and Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Then had a five year stint as regional representative of the Public Service Commission for Administration (now Public Service Commission). Then worked as a Deputy Director, Training at the Central Personnel Institution in Windhoek, Namibia, followed by three years at the Department of Education and Training as a Director of Personnel Administration. This was followed by a move to academia at various universities, until this day.

Ahmed Shafiqul Huque’s research and teaching interests are in public administration and management, public policy, development, South Asian government and politics, and governance and climate change. He has published 13 books and numerous research articles in leading international journals, including Public Administration Review, Governance, Public Management Review, International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Comparative and Comparative Politics, and Pacific Affairs and Asian Survey. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Public Administration and Policy and Contributing Editor for Southeast Asia for the online Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy.

David S. Jones was awarded a PhD at Queen’s University of Belfast. He is currently a Consultant in policy and management, having previously worked in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, in the School of Economics, Singapore Management University, and in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies, University of Brunei. He has also been a Local Director in Singapore of the Master of Public Administration Program conducted by the Australian National University. His research specialisms include public and financial management, public procurement and land policy and administration. He has published widely in these areas. He has also conducted a wide range of consultancy projects in the areas of public management and public procurement and continues to undertake such projects.

Aroon P. Manoharan is an Associate Professor in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His research interests include e-governance, performance measurement, strategic planning, public management, and comparative public administration. His research employs an international comparative focus, and he was involved in e-government projects in Prague (Czech Republic), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Cape Town (South Africa). He holds an MPA from the Kansas State University and PhD from the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark.

Jon S. T. Quah is a retired Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore and an anti-corruption consultant based in Singapore. He has published extensively on corruption and governance in Asian countries. His recent books include: Combating Asian Corruption: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies (2017); The Role of the Public Bureaucracy in Policy Implementation in Five ASEAN Countries (2016); Hunting the Corrupt “Tigers” and “Flies” in China: An Evaluation of Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign (November 2012 to March 2015) (2015); Different Paths to Curbing Corruption: Lessons from Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore (2013); Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries: An Impossible Dream? (2011, 2013); and Public Administration Singapore-Style (2010). Guest-edited three Asian Education and Development Studies (AEDS) special issues on corruption and published many articles in the AEDS. Latest, editor Symposium on Corruption for Public Policy and Administration.

K. Jhansi Rani graduated with MA in Public Administration, Andhra University, Waltair, AP, India. She Joined as an Assistant Professor, Durgabai Desmukh Women’s College of Arts and Science, Hyderabad, India. Obtained PhD in 2014 and promoted to Associate rank. Worked on several seminars, and invited several speakers to the campus to discuss topics of current topical interest in politics and public administration which was appeared in the local print media and radio.

Habib Zafarullah obtained PhD in Public Administration from the University of Sydney. His areas of academic interest are: democratic governance, comparative bureaucracy, public policy and administration, and international development and has published extensively in these areas. Some of his recent books include: Colonial Bureaucracies (2014), Managing Development in a Globalized World (2012), and International Development Governance (2006) (the latter two with A. S. Huque). He has also published in International Review of Administrative Sciences, Public Organization Review, International Journal of Public Sector Management, International Journal of Public Administration, Government & Opposition, Journal of Asian Public Policy, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Human Rights Quarterly, Asian Studies Review, Gender Work and Organization, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Round Table, etc. He was the Editor of Politics, Administration and Change, an international social science journal, for 25 years.

Daniel Zirker is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Waikato, New Zealand (since 2004). He obtained PhD (Political Science, University of Alberta) and was an Academic Dean (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato, 2004–2011; College of Arts and Sciences, Montana State University-Billings, 1998–2004), and Professor of Political Science (University of Idaho,1985–1998; Montana State University-Billings, 1998–2004; University of Waikato, 2004–present). A US Peace Corps Volunteer (Northeast Brazil, 1970–1972) and Fulbright Senior Lecturer (University of Dar es Salaam, 1989–1990). He has been, and is currently (1999–2005; 2018–present), Chair/President of the Research Committee on Armed Forces & Society of the Internat’l Pol. Science Assoc. He studies democracy, corruption, and civil–military relations in New Zealand, Brazil, Africa, and Eastern Europe. He holds dual US/New Zealand citizenship.