Tony Fitzgerald, the man who led the inquiry into corruption in Queensland’s Bjelke-Petersen government in the 1980s, has issued a statement warning against the abuse of power and describing Queensland today as “effectively a single-party State”. Fitzgerald, a former judge of the Federal Cour...
Although there is fairly general agreement thatcorruptionis a trans-systemic phenomenon endemic to all societies, regimes, countries, and salient in different periods of the history of mankind, the study of corruption reveals a weaker consensus in what regards its definition, measurement, and explanati...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook anticorruption (ˌæntɪkəˈrʌpʃən) adj the opposition to or prevention of corruption Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991,...
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Today it is difficult to reconcile Nigerian democracy with that of the advanced democratic countries. In Nigeria, politics is regarded as a "dirty game" which scare away many people. It has been noted that the level of socio-economic development in the country is significantly related to the ...
Today, let’s review some wise – and blunt – analysis from Steven Greenhut. In an article for Reason, he connects the dots to show that the level of corruption is linked to the size and power of government. Whenever some astounding corruption scandal explodes onto the front pages, the ...
No state today is as poor or as corrupt as many countries in the developing world, and so relying on variation across the states in the US limits research to a small part of the distribution of both independent and dependent variables. However, cross-state variation does have one significant...
But they have time and time again failed miserably to deliver on a fair and civil administration,” Karam said.“A promise was given that local council elections would be put back in place after the May 13, 1969 riots were over. Until today, that has remained an empty promise,” he ...
The reality is that, sometimes, it is easier to ignore uncomfortable facts and go along with whatever distortion is currently in vogue. We see a lot of this today in politics. I see a lot of it -- more than I would ever have believed -- right on this Senate Floor. Sen Byrd ...
Corruption in India is rising day by day. It is one of the mental diseases spreading among the people in today’s world. It is spreading in politics, government, public, industries, and businesses. It has been widely spread in society from ancient times. It has become a public issue that...