Exporting Integrity: Anti-corruption Programs in the Balkans
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Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, 30 March 2006,
Panel on Timing and Spacing Development,
Exporting Integrity: Anti-corruption Programs in the Balkans
Steven Sampson
Dept of Social Anthropology
Lund University, Sweden
Contact: steven [dot] sampson [at] soc [dot] Lu [dot] se
Anti-corruption is high on the list of development priorities, and a high level of corruption can actually prevent a government from receiving aid. This paper focuses on Transparency International, the leading anti-corruption NGO, and its strategy of operating at both global levels and at local levels through the establishment and coordination of its 90 national chapters. Transparency International is well-known for its ‘coalition-building’ strategy in which government, civil society, international donors and the private sector should all cooperate. Coalition-building is about trust, but most of the societies which are rampant with corruption are characterized by distrust. The dilemma of exporting what are essentially moral relationships is illustrated with examples from southeastern Europe. Branding and franchising anticorruption are one way in which these dilemmas remain hidden from view.
Panel on Timing and Spacing Development,
Exporting Integrity: Anti-corruption Programs in the Balkans
Steven Sampson
Dept of Social Anthropology
Lund University, Sweden
Contact: steven [dot] sampson [at] soc [dot] Lu [dot] se
Anti-corruption is high on the list of development priorities, and a high level of corruption can actually prevent a government from receiving aid. This paper focuses on Transparency International, the leading anti-corruption NGO, and its strategy of operating at both global levels and at local levels through the establishment and coordination of its 90 national chapters. Transparency International is well-known for its ‘coalition-building’ strategy in which government, civil society, international donors and the private sector should all cooperate. Coalition-building is about trust, but most of the societies which are rampant with corruption are characterized by distrust. The dilemma of exporting what are essentially moral relationships is illustrated with examples from southeastern Europe. Branding and franchising anticorruption are one way in which these dilemmas remain hidden from view.
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Publishing year
2006
Language
English
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Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Social Anthropology
Keywords
- civil society
- integrity
- global civil society
- transparency international
- anti-corruption
- social anthropology
- corruption
Conference name
Society for Applied Anthropology
Conference date
2006-03-30
Status
Unpublished