Elizabeth David-Barrett
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4127744 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Elizabeth David-Barrett |
| PRENOMES | Elizabeth |
| SOBRENOME | David-Barrett |
| ASSINATURA | DAVID-BARRETT E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9761-8824 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 123 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Defining Corruption in Context
This article engages with the burgeoning literature on the conceptualization of corruption, a literature animated by the view that failures in anticorruption practice—the limited progress made in tackling global corruption—are in part a consequence of the ways in which corruption is theorized by academics. In response, the article proposes and elaborates a four-dimensional definition of corruption with detailed subdefinitions and seeks to advance…
The political economy of open contracting reforms in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Transparency reforms make government contracting more open and amenable to public scrutiny, helping to improve public spending efficiency. But they are also politically sensitive, complex and highly technical, which makes them especially difficult to implement if state capacity is weak. Our research on nine low‐ and middle‐income countries in Africa and Asia systematically assesses progress in improving the legal framework for procurement transpa…
Shirking Self-Regulation? Parliamentary Standards in the UK
In 2021, the UK system for regulating the conduct of parliamentarians was briefly plunged into crisis. The government responded to a proposal to sanction one of its MPs—who had been found to have egregiously breached the Code of Conduct and accompanying rules—by threatening to change the whole system. This highly unusual interference by the executive branch, though withdrawn within 24 h, violated the axiom that the executive should not have a say…
Does State Capture Facilitate Strategic Corruption
Scholars have suggested that great powers seeking to engage in strategic corruption, particularly through corrosive capital, target countries where there are governance weaknesses. This article responds by examining how financial flows of investment, aid and loans from China – and, to some extent, Russia - are affected by the extent and nature of state capture in target countries. We utilise a new index of state capture to undertake quantitative …
Dictionary of Corruption
State capture and development
Understanding Corruption
Corruption takes many different forms and the systems that enable it are complex and challenging. To best understand corruption, one needs to examine how it operates in practice. Understanding Corruption tells the story of how corruption happens in the real world, illustrated through detailed case studies of the many different types of corruption that span the globe. Each case study follows a tried and tested analytical approach that provides key…
The compliance game
In line with a wider expansion of global governance tools to prevent and punish corruption, the enforcement of anti-foreign bribery laws is increasing. Yet few cases are tested in court; rather, confidential negotiations and out-of-court settlements have become the norm. Many argue that this favours the enforcement authorities, since even firms with a good defence are reluctant to risk a trial when settlement appears a safer option, but there is …
Monitoring, reporting and regulating medicine quality
In 2012, the WHO launched its Global Surveillance and Monitoring System (GSMS) for substandard and falsified medicines, with the aim of improving the quality of reporting and using the data to inform post-market surveillance and build regulatory capacity. However, from a regulatory governance perspective, its effectiveness depends on the willingness and ability of actors ‘on the ground’ to identify, report and investigate possible infringements a…
Anti-corruption in aid-funded procurement
Controlling Corruption in Development Aid
Following scandals about corruption in foreign aid, and in a political climate that increasingly questions the legitimacy of development assistance, donors are under pressure to better control how their funds are spent. However, there is little evidence on precisely how to control corruption in development aid. This article assesses under which conditions donor regulations are successful in controlling corruption in aid spent by national governme…
Norm Diffusion and Reputation
Transparency in the extractives sector is widely seen as an important tool for improving accountability and deterring corruption. Yet for those very reasons, it is a puzzle that so many governments in corruption‐prone countries have voluntarily signed up to greater scrutiny in this area by joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). We argue that EITI serves as a reputational intermediary, whereby reformers can signal good i…
Nolan's Legacy
Journal Article Nolan's Legacy: Regulating Parliamentary Conduct in Democratising Europe Get access Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett * Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK *Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 514–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gst049 Published: 03 February…
Realism About Political Corruption
This article explores how realism in political theory can inform our understanding of political corruption. Whereas political moralists see corruption as a problem of implementation, which does not undermine their values, realists see corruption as posing a more fundamental problem, challenging the very nature of politics and undermining the attempt to establish and exercise authority in the ordering of conflict and the allocation of resources. R…
Norm Diffusion and Reputation
Transparency in the extractives sector is widely seen as an important tool for improving accountability and deterring corruption. Yet for those very reasons, it is a puzzle that so many governments in corruption‐prone countries have voluntarily signed up to greater scrutiny in this area by joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). We argue that EITI serves as a reputational intermediary, whereby reformers can signal good i…
State capture and development
Anti-corruption in aid-funded procurement
Realism About Political Corruption
This article explores how realism in political theory can inform our understanding of political corruption. Whereas political moralists see corruption as a problem of implementation, which does not undermine their values, realists see corruption as posing a more fundamental problem, challenging the very nature of politics and undermining the attempt to establish and exercise authority in the ordering of conflict and the allocation of resources. R…
Nolan's Legacy
Journal Article Nolan's Legacy: Regulating Parliamentary Conduct in Democratising Europe Get access Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett * Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK *Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 514–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gst049 Published: 03 February…
Controlling Corruption in Development Aid
Following scandals about corruption in foreign aid, and in a political climate that increasingly questions the legitimacy of development assistance, donors are under pressure to better control how their funds are spent. However, there is little evidence on precisely how to control corruption in development aid. This article assesses under which conditions donor regulations are successful in controlling corruption in aid spent by national governme…
Defining Corruption in Context
This article engages with the burgeoning literature on the conceptualization of corruption, a literature animated by the view that failures in anticorruption practice—the limited progress made in tackling global corruption—are in part a consequence of the ways in which corruption is theorized by academics. In response, the article proposes and elaborates a four-dimensional definition of corruption with detailed subdefinitions and seeks to advance…
Shirking Self-Regulation? Parliamentary Standards in the UK
In 2021, the UK system for regulating the conduct of parliamentarians was briefly plunged into crisis. The government responded to a proposal to sanction one of its MPs—who had been found to have egregiously breached the Code of Conduct and accompanying rules—by threatening to change the whole system. This highly unusual interference by the executive branch, though withdrawn within 24 h, violated the axiom that the executive should not have a say…
The political economy of open contracting reforms in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Transparency reforms make government contracting more open and amenable to public scrutiny, helping to improve public spending efficiency. But they are also politically sensitive, complex and highly technical, which makes them especially difficult to implement if state capacity is weak. Our research on nine low‐ and middle‐income countries in Africa and Asia systematically assesses progress in improving the legal framework for procurement transpa…
Nolan's Legacy
Journal Article Nolan's Legacy: Regulating Parliamentary Conduct in Democratising Europe Get access Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett * Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK *Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 514–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gst049 Published: 03 February…
Realism About Political Corruption
This article explores how realism in political theory can inform our understanding of political corruption. Whereas political moralists see corruption as a problem of implementation, which does not undermine their values, realists see corruption as posing a more fundamental problem, challenging the very nature of politics and undermining the attempt to establish and exercise authority in the ordering of conflict and the allocation of resources. R…
Norm Diffusion and Reputation
Transparency in the extractives sector is widely seen as an important tool for improving accountability and deterring corruption. Yet for those very reasons, it is a puzzle that so many governments in corruption‐prone countries have voluntarily signed up to greater scrutiny in this area by joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). We argue that EITI serves as a reputational intermediary, whereby reformers can signal good i…
Anti-corruption in aid-funded procurement
Controlling Corruption in Development Aid
Following scandals about corruption in foreign aid, and in a political climate that increasingly questions the legitimacy of development assistance, donors are under pressure to better control how their funds are spent. However, there is little evidence on precisely how to control corruption in development aid. This article assesses under which conditions donor regulations are successful in controlling corruption in aid spent by national governme…
Monitoring, reporting and regulating medicine quality
In 2012, the WHO launched its Global Surveillance and Monitoring System (GSMS) for substandard and falsified medicines, with the aim of improving the quality of reporting and using the data to inform post-market surveillance and build regulatory capacity. However, from a regulatory governance perspective, its effectiveness depends on the willingness and ability of actors ‘on the ground’ to identify, report and investigate possible infringements a…
Understanding Corruption
Corruption takes many different forms and the systems that enable it are complex and challenging. To best understand corruption, one needs to examine how it operates in practice. Understanding Corruption tells the story of how corruption happens in the real world, illustrated through detailed case studies of the many different types of corruption that span the globe. Each case study follows a tried and tested analytical approach that provides key…
The compliance game
In line with a wider expansion of global governance tools to prevent and punish corruption, the enforcement of anti-foreign bribery laws is increasing. Yet few cases are tested in court; rather, confidential negotiations and out-of-court settlements have become the norm. Many argue that this favours the enforcement authorities, since even firms with a good defence are reluctant to risk a trial when settlement appears a safer option, but there is …
Dictionary of Corruption
State capture and development
Defining Corruption in Context
This article engages with the burgeoning literature on the conceptualization of corruption, a literature animated by the view that failures in anticorruption practice—the limited progress made in tackling global corruption—are in part a consequence of the ways in which corruption is theorized by academics. In response, the article proposes and elaborates a four-dimensional definition of corruption with detailed subdefinitions and seeks to advance…
The political economy of open contracting reforms in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Transparency reforms make government contracting more open and amenable to public scrutiny, helping to improve public spending efficiency. But they are also politically sensitive, complex and highly technical, which makes them especially difficult to implement if state capacity is weak. Our research on nine low‐ and middle‐income countries in Africa and Asia systematically assesses progress in improving the legal framework for procurement transpa…
Shirking Self-Regulation? Parliamentary Standards in the UK
In 2021, the UK system for regulating the conduct of parliamentarians was briefly plunged into crisis. The government responded to a proposal to sanction one of its MPs—who had been found to have egregiously breached the Code of Conduct and accompanying rules—by threatening to change the whole system. This highly unusual interference by the executive branch, though withdrawn within 24 h, violated the axiom that the executive should not have a say…
Does State Capture Facilitate Strategic Corruption
Scholars have suggested that great powers seeking to engage in strategic corruption, particularly through corrosive capital, target countries where there are governance weaknesses. This article responds by examining how financial flows of investment, aid and loans from China – and, to some extent, Russia - are affected by the extent and nature of state capture in target countries. We utilise a new index of state capture to undertake quantitative …
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