Advancing Human Security
In this post, Dhaval Kothari unpacks the scenario of a traffic police officer soliciting bribe in India and analyzes if a social norms is driving this corrupt behaviour.
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In this post, Roberto Laver sets out his thoughts on the potential role of faith leaders and communities in fighting corruption and building a culture of public integrity and ethical universalism.
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In this post, Julien Joly sets out his thoughts on the need to mainstream anti-corruption in security sector reforms to improve the impact of peacebuilding initiatives.
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In this post, our co-director Diana Chigas sets out her thoughts on why the anti-corruption and peacebuilding fields need to intersect and some key questions that need a deep-dive.
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CJL Program Co-Director Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church reflects on the personal and professional risks that inhibit civil servants in the Ugandan context from implementing the 2009 Anti-Corruption Act.
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Research Assistant Malavika Krishnan recaps the top five most read posts on the Corruption in Fragile States Blog in 2020. Read more to see which posts caught our readers’ eyes!
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Over the last few weeks, we have read a number of reports about how the presidential elections in the United States of America have been marred by a number of “irregularities” and how the American democracy has been undermined. In this post, Jared Miller throws light on four critical ways in which ‘dark money’ or untraceable election spending is contributing to backsliding of American democracy.
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What kinds of corruption do refugees and migrants encounter on their journeys? Professor Kim Wilson explores this question in our latest blog post, drawing on interviews conducted with 450 refugees and migrants across several countries.
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What role do social norms play in interactions between civil servants when it comes to administrative sanctions? Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church explores this question, based on a participatory systems analysis of Ugandan civil servants (commissioned by SUGAR).
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Research Associate Cori Simmons curates a list of key resources exploring the role of social norms among public authorities. We know that public authorities, like anyone else, are influenced by pressures and expectations – but if it’s your boss pressuring you, can we call that a social norm? Read more for what the literature has to say on this.
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