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Governance and Citizenship

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Anti-corruption; Civil society organizations; Corruption; Governance’ Government

Definition

Corruption simply refers to fraudulent practices conduct by powerful people for their private gain.

Civil society organizations (CSOs) are the nongovernmental organizations, without a significant government control and management, that exists in many different forms, some informal and some as formal organizations such as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), professional association, community-based organizations (CBOs), trade unions, and faith-based organizations (FBOs) come together to pursue for a shared interest and collective action.

Introduction

Corruption exists in all societies at different scales and forms, and many countries are now confronting with it. Corruption always poses threats to the vision of a state in their sustainable development process. Although there is an awareness of the consequences of corruption on sustainable governance and development, different kinds of...

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Momen, M.N. (2018). Governance and Citizenship. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1823-1

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