The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity: How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective

by James B. Jacobs and Frank Anechiarico

Book Overview

In this comprehensive and controversial case study of anticorruption efforts, Frank Anechiarico and James B. Jacobs show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine our ability to govern. By constraining decision makers' discretion, shaping priorities, and causing delays, corruption control--no less than corruption itself--has contributed to the contemporary crisis in public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226020525
• ISBN13: 9780226020525
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"