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...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
References
Al Zadjali MKS (2010) The nature, causes, consequences, and mitigation of corruption: a new paradigm and role for accounting. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in accounting at Lincoln University, pp 1–207
Bebbington A (1997) New states, new NGOs? Crises and transitions among rural development NGOs in the Andean region. World Dev 25(11):1755–1765
Brown LD, Kalegaonkar A (1999) Addressing civil Society’s challenges: support organizations as emerging institutions. Inst Dev Res Rep 15(2):1–22
Dhakal TN (2007) Challenges of civil society governance in Nepal. J Adm Gov 2(1):61–73
Persson A, Rothstein B, Teorell J (2010) The failure of anti-corruption policies – a theoretical mischaracterization of the problem, QoG Working Paper Series 2010:19, the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, pp 1–29
Sidel M, Moore D (2015) The law affecting civil Society in Asia: developments and challenges for nonprofit and civil society organizations. Report prepared by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), pp 1–41
UN (2000) Why anti-corruption crusades often fail to win lasting victories, anti-corruption summit 2000, United Nations Presentation
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this entry
Cite this entry
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
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1823-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-31816-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-31816-5
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Economics and FinanceReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences