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The anti-corruption industry: from movement to institution

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This article describes the concept of ‘industry’, often used pejoratively in critiques of international development, and applies it to the field of anti-corruption. The characteristics of the anti-corruption industry, including anti-corruptionist discourse, resemble that which has taken place in development aid, human rights, civil society and gender equality. The anti-corruption industry thus includes key global actors, secondary actors who look for ‘signals’ and an apparatus of understandings, knowledge, statistics and measures, all of which tend to prioritise anti-corruption institutions over anti-corruption activism. It is argued that the questionable impact of anti-corruption programmes enables the anti-corruption industry to coexist along with the corruption it ostensibly is combating. Instead of viewing anti-corruption as hegemonic, we need to critically examine the consequences of the global institutionalisation of anti-corruptionist discourse and anti-corruption practice.

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  • Steven Sampson, 2010. "The anti-corruption industry: from movement to institution," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 261-278, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fglcxx:v:11:y:2010:i:2:p:261-278
    DOI: 10.1080/17440571003669258
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    1. Roan Alexander Snyman, 2022. "Games of Truth in the Age of Transparency: International Organisations and the Construction of Corruption," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 181(1), pages 83-96, November.
    2. Hamelin, Nicolas & Nwankwo, Sonny & Gbadamosi, Ayantunji, 2020. "Social marketing and the corruption conundrum in morocco: An exploratory analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    3. Barkemeyer, Ralf & Preuss, Lutz & Ohana, Marc, 2018. "Developing country firms and the challenge of corruption: Do company commitments mirror the quality of national-level institutions?," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 26-39.
    4. Eliška Drápalová & Fabrizio Di Mascio, 2020. "Islands of Good Government: Explaining Successful Corruption Control in Two Spanish Cities," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(2), pages 128-139.

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