TY - CHAP
T1 - Building national integrity through corruption eradication in South Korea
AU - Kim, Pan Suk
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Since South Korea gained a substantial degree of political and economic development, the South Korean government has tried to eradicate corruption by introducing institutional frameworks in addition to a number of new laws and institutions. As a matter of fact, the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index score of South Korea is improving over time, but it still far behind other leading countries. The purpose of this chapter is to review the South Korean government's efforts at curbing corruption. This chapter first reviews the development of major anti-corruption infrastructure such as the anti-corruption legislation and the South Korean government's independent agency for anti-corruption, followed by discussion of the development of major anti-corruption measures, the international evaluation on corruption, and the role of civil society in curbing corruption. After that, there is a discussion of policy implications and the conclusion.
AB - Since South Korea gained a substantial degree of political and economic development, the South Korean government has tried to eradicate corruption by introducing institutional frameworks in addition to a number of new laws and institutions. As a matter of fact, the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index score of South Korea is improving over time, but it still far behind other leading countries. The purpose of this chapter is to review the South Korean government's efforts at curbing corruption. This chapter first reviews the development of major anti-corruption infrastructure such as the anti-corruption legislation and the South Korean government's independent agency for anti-corruption, followed by discussion of the development of major anti-corruption measures, the international evaluation on corruption, and the role of civil society in curbing corruption. After that, there is a discussion of policy implications and the conclusion.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17009-9
DO - 10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17009-9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:48849102593
SN - 9781846639968
T3 - Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management
SP - 155
EP - 178
BT - Comparative Governance Reform in Asia
A2 - Bowornwathana, Bidhya
A2 - Wescott, Clay
ER -