Why have anti-corruption efforts often failed? Current thinking on corruption has largely overlooked the profound implications of its contested nature, which paradoxically makes it an effective yet highly dysfunctional 'tool of government.' As a tool of government, it helps execute policies and...

Institutional bypass is a reform strategy that creates alternative institutional regimes to give citizens a choice of service provider and create a form of competition between the dominant institution and the institutional bypass. While novel in the academic literature, the concept captures...

From a renowned group of international scholars, this new work examines how leading economic countries use sport business to drive and further economic development by raising brand awareness (country as a brand), transforming lagging communities, and enhancing travel and tourism in the country