@article{MungiuPippidi, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, title = {The Quest for Good Governance: Learning from Virtuous Circles}, series = {Journal of Democracy}, volume = {27}, journal = {Journal of Democracy}, number = {1}, editor = {Diamond, Larry and Plattner, Marc F.}, issn = {1045-5736}, pages = {95 -- 109}, abstract = {Once of interest mainly to specialists, the problem of explaining how institutions change is now a primary concern not only of economists, but of the international donor community as well. Many have come to believe that political institutions are decisive in shaping economic institutions and, with them, the course of innovation and investment that leads to a developed society. This is the shift from patrimonialism to ethical universalism, a transformation that most of today's advanced democracies accomplished through a long historical evolution. But there has been very little research on whether and how this kind of change can be engineered and speeded up by human design. The EU-funded ANTICORRP project that I have been leading aims to help fill this gap. The big challenge is to explain the shift of the governance paradigm from particularism to universalism in the few societies that have managed to accomplish it in the postwar era. Do these success stories offer any lessons about how other societies can make that journey?}, language = {en} } @incollection{MungiuPippidi, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, title = {Corruption: Political and Public Aspects}, series = {International Encyclopedia of the Social \& Behavioral Sciences}, booktitle = {International Encyclopedia of the Social \& Behavioral Sciences}, edition = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, isbn = {9780080970868}, pages = {12 -- 20}, abstract = {The interest of social science, media, and policymakers for corruption has exploded after 1990 due to increasing evidence that corruption is accountable for poor growth and chronic underdevelopment. This had impressive policy consequences: by 2012, no less than 161 state parties had adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which was put into force on 14 December 2005. This article discusses the various conceptualizations of corruption as an individual behavior as well as a governance regime (particularism), the evolution of Western thought until the adoption of ethical universalism as universal governance norm (with UNCAC) and the performance of countries in establishing control of corruption in historical and contemporary times.}, language = {en} } @incollection{MungiuPippidi, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, title = {A House of Cards? Building the Rule of Law in East Central Europe.}, series = {The Western Balkans and the EU : "the hour of Europe"}, booktitle = {The Western Balkans and the EU : "the hour of Europe"}, editor = {Rupnik, Jacques}, edition = {Chaillot Papers No. 126}, publisher = {European Union Institute for Security Studies}, address = {Paris}, isbn = {978-92-9198-187-8}, doi = {10.2139/ssrn.1686644}, pages = {145 -- 162}, abstract = {This paper assesses the ten years of experience of East Central European (ECE) with the reform of the judiciary in view of EU accession. The paper examines in depth the cases where the challenges to rule of law and the EU conditionality were both at a maximum to generate some explanations (Romania, and Bulgaria in particular). It then proceeds to test the chief explanatory factors in a quantitative model of rule of law on the 28 postcommunist cases, concluding that democracy, and not organization or logistics is the most important determinant of rule of law.}, language = {en} } @article{MungiuPippidi, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, title = {For a New Generation of Objective Indicators in Governance and Corruption Studies}, series = {European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research}, volume = {22}, journal = {European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research}, number = {3}, editor = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, issn = {0928-1371}, pages = {363 -- 367}, abstract = {While the last twenty years have seen the development of global rankings for corruption, allowing comparison between countries and shaming of corrupt governments, the measurements remain based largely on the perceptions of experts, and so lack both specificity and transparency. New research, based on a comprehensive theory of governance defined as the set of formal and informal institutions determining "who gets what" in a given context, allows for more specific and objective, albeit indirect, measurement of control of corruption. To uncover the institutional setting which empowers public integrity, such research tests numerous anti-corruption tools and good governance strategies in a comparative framework. The end result is an evidence-based national framework for control of corruption and a clear measure able to indicate both current status and change in corruption control from year to year or as a result of policy intervention.}, language = {en} } @article{MungiuPippidiDadaĊĦov, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina and DadaĊĦov, Ramin}, title = {Measuring Control of Corruption by a New Index of Public Integrity}, series = {European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research}, volume = {22}, journal = {European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research}, number = {3}, editor = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, issn = {0928-1371}, pages = {415 -- 438}, abstract = {While the last 20 years saw the invention of corruption rankings, allowing comparison between countries and the shaming of corrupt governments, such measurements are largely based on the perceptions of experts, lacking both specificity and transparency. New research, based on a comprehensive theory of governance defined as the set of formal and informal institutions determining who gets what in a given context, allow for more specific and objective, albeit indirect, measurements of control of corruption. Such measurements focus on the institutional framework which empowers public integrity and eliminates many current anti-corruption tools, while validating others. Most importantly, it provides a broader specific context which can empower reforms based on evidence and a clear measure to determine status and progress of corruption control.}, language = {en} } @techreport{MungiuPippidi, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina}, title = {Romania: study enemies of trust}, series = {Nature}, volume = {569}, journal = {Nature}, doi = {10.1038/d41586-019-01569-w}, language = {en} } @misc{MungiuPippidiHeywood, author = {Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina and Heywood, Paul M.}, title = {A Research Agenda for Studies of Corruption}, publisher = {Edward Elgar}, isbn = {9781789904994}, pages = {232}, abstract = {This interdisciplinary Research Agenda contains state-of-the-art surveys of the field of corruption and points towards an agenda for future research. This comprehensive work covers the main approaches to diagnosing, analysing and measuring corruption, as well as the ways to tackle it. Chapters explore top political and grassroots corruption, buying and stealing votes, corruption in relation to gender and the media, digital anti-corruption and an examination of whistleblowing and market-based tools.}, language = {en} }