| Leadership, Institutions and Enforcement: Anti-Corruption Agencies in Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Tomic, Slobodan (Author) |
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ISBN: 331997582X ISBN-13: 9783319975825 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Political Science | World - European - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 320 |
| Series: Executive Politics and Governance |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.02 lbs) 243 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents an analysis of five anticorruption agencies (ACAs) from Serbia, Macedonia and Croatia, exploring the impact of organisational factors and leadership on their enforcement patterns during the first decade of the transitional reforms (2001-2012). Contrary to the conventional theory of agency insulation, the analysis reveals that the ACAs' de facto autonomy was not crucially shaped by their statutory independence, but rather by the reputational management of their leaders. The book draws on a mixture of qualitative and quantitative analysis to document these reputational strategies and how they shaped the ACAs' de facto autonomy. The findings also suggest that that the ACAs' organisational model - defined by the delegated mandate and powers (preventative vs suppressive) - represented a key variable that mediated under which conditions high de facto autonomy can be achieved. The book offers contributions to the study of anticorruption policy and ethics regulation, as well as the wider inquiry into drivers of agency independence, particularly in transitional contexts. |
