The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Naidoo, Vinothan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-03T12:46:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-03T12:46:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The criminalisation of corruption recognises that the misuse of official office for private gain exacts a detrimental and distorting effect on a country’s social and economic development. This is especially acute in countries undergoing rapid political system transitions. In an effort to combat corruption, governments have come under increasing pressure to enhance the monitoring and oversight of public institutions through stringent intra and inter-institutional checks. In South Africa, the evidence clearly shows that concrete and incremental steps have been introduced since the country’s democratic transition to regulate malfeasance in the public sector through heightened monitoring, prevention, investigation and prosecution measures. Despite these measures, intra and inter-institutional analysis of anti-corruption enforcement indicates that the integrity of this approach, informed by principle-agent accountability arrangements, can be compromised or side-lined by collective action efforts that undermine the effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms. This reflects a politicisation of anti-corruption enforcement. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | 10.1080/02589001.2013.839369 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Naidoo, V. (2013). The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa. <i>Journal of Contemporary African Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22075 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Naidoo, Vinothan "The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa." <i>Journal of Contemporary African Studies</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22075 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Naidoo, V. (2013). The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31(4), 523-542. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0258-9001 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0258-9001 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Naidoo, Vinothan AB - The criminalisation of corruption recognises that the misuse of official office for private gain exacts a detrimental and distorting effect on a country’s social and economic development. This is especially acute in countries undergoing rapid political system transitions. In an effort to combat corruption, governments have come under increasing pressure to enhance the monitoring and oversight of public institutions through stringent intra and inter-institutional checks. In South Africa, the evidence clearly shows that concrete and incremental steps have been introduced since the country’s democratic transition to regulate malfeasance in the public sector through heightened monitoring, prevention, investigation and prosecution measures. Despite these measures, intra and inter-institutional analysis of anti-corruption enforcement indicates that the integrity of this approach, informed by principle-agent accountability arrangements, can be compromised or side-lined by collective action efforts that undermine the effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms. This reflects a politicisation of anti-corruption enforcement. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1080/02589001.2013.839369 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Contemporary African Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 SM - 0258-9001 SM - 0258-9001 T1 - The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa TI - The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22075 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22075 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2013.839369 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Naidoo V. The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22075. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Political Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Journal of Contemporary African Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjca20/current | |
| dc.title | The politics of anti-corruption enforcement in South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |