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Papers by Alan Doig

Crime, law and social change, 2001

The rhetoric of the new development agenda is shaped by democratisation, decentralisation and acc... more The rhetoric of the new development agenda is shaped by democratisation, decentralisation and accountability. The intention is to reassert the role of the state but only within the context of involving and working for the people. Multilateral and bilateral donor statements are replete with references to openness, transparency, accountability and combating corruption. This article discusses the rhetoric of such language but then asks how they are to be implemented. 2 What is at issue is that such terms are crucial development goals but, without greater attention to concrete outcomes and processes, may remain rhetoric.

Australian Journal of Public Administration, 1999

Public Administration, 1995

Public Administration, 2007

The Political Quarterly, 2005

The Political Quarterly, 1998

... Other failings in the same RHA included a failed management buy-out underwritten by the Autho... more ... Other failings in the same RHA included a failed management buy-out underwritten by the Authority; loans to a company in financial dif-ficulties ... RHA's multi-million-pound expenditure on an IT system, and on other activities, reflected the excessive influence of consultants ...

... orientated debate on the character of corruption and the effectiveness of anti-corruption s... more ... orientated debate on the character of corruption and the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies has ... rights have been long-standing goals (on paper if not in practice) for western ... of other agencies and governments, suggests that such themes are best achieved through ...

Policing and Society, 2010

The 2006 UK Fraud Review took a strategic approach to fraud, addressing a spectrum of issues from... more The 2006 UK Fraud Review took a strategic approach to fraud, addressing a spectrum of issues from prevention in the private sector to the introduction of plea bargaining in criminal cases. The work of the review was followed by the establishment of a National Strategic ...

Journal of Financial Crime, 1993

The Common Agricultural Policy involves a substantial part of the European Commun-ity's ... more The Common Agricultural Policy involves a substantial part of the European Commun-ity's multi-billion pound annual expenditure. Close to the heart of many Member States with their need to respond to demands of the agricultural community, the policy has often resulted ...

Crime, Law and Social Change, 2000

This article complements one written in 2001 for Crime, Law and Social Change that underlined the... more This article complements one written in 2001 for Crime, Law and Social Change that underlined the importance of records and record-keeping in developing countries in combating corruption and promoting participation. This article addresses the same theme as the basis on which two developments intended to promote more efficient and effective anti-corruption funding could be assessed. These concern: the value of donors coordinating and cooperating over donor funding (by institution and country) and the identification of particular expertise of specific donors to diversify the range of complementary strengths (the comparative advantage approach). To do that, effective evaluation of past projects is necessaryand is in itself dependant on the quality, accessibility and usability of the records held. The article uses the case-study of corruption prevention projects funded between 1995-1999 by the European Union 1 to consider the importance of records and record-keeping to the evaluation process and thus to any assessment and development of coordinated funding and the comparative advantage approach.

Crime, Law and Social Change, 2007

This article concerns a relatively novel issue: rule breaking and unlawful conduct by government ... more This article concerns a relatively novel issue: rule breaking and unlawful conduct by government bodies; to which degree does it occur, what is the nature of this misconduct, what are the underlying motives, and what are the consequences and possible solutions? Rule and law breaking is harmful for the credibility and integrity of a state and its law enforcement system. However, very little empirical research has been carried out into this issue, in comparison to research into state crime. There is little clarity about how public actors deal with criminal and administrative laws and rules in areas like environmental protection, safety regulations and working conditions. Do government bodies set a good example? Is their behaviour better or worse than the public and businesses? An analytical framework for research will be presented and also the results of an extensive research project in the Netherlands; the main themes of which have been benchmarked against data from the United Kingdom. The article will conclude with a summary of the main findings and a number of suggestions for further research and policy development.

Crime, Law and Social Change, 1998

... DEALING WITH CORRUPTION: THE NEXT STEPS ... The implications for state support is another in ... more ... DEALING WITH CORRUPTION: THE NEXT STEPS ... The implications for state support is another in that, particularly in countries where ideology and linked party ma-chinery is not a significant political factor, patronage networks traditionally secures political loyalty to the ...

Synonyms 10 Transnational corporate corruption 11 Overview 12 Large-scale investigations involvin... more Synonyms 10 Transnational corporate corruption 11 Overview 12 Large-scale investigations involving multina-13 tional corporations (MNCs) such as Siemens 14 and BAE Systems -the former involved 15 a system of slush funds used to pay bribes to 16 win overseas contracts, while BAE was investi-17 gated by the UK Serious Fraud Office for alleged 18 commissions and hospitality payments to Saudi 19 officials involved in a major arms procurement -20 demonstrate how large commercial enterprises 21 may be the subject of allegations of bribing 22 public and private officials to further or maintain 23 their business interests. 24 Some would accept that as the cost of devel-25 opment or the unavoidable interdependence 26 between licit and illicit commerce in "gray" 27 markets, others would argue that corruption and 28 bribery have devastating consequences, in 29 particular for developing countries where much 30 corporate corruption is directed. Increasingly, the 31 argument that corruption is very harmful is 32 having a significant impact on the way interna-33 tional business is seen and has shaped legal 34 frameworks and enforcement practices, particu-35 larly in terms of international conventions and 36 business-focused initiatives. These, however, 37 not only raise questions about definitions of 38 what is corruption but also of the causes of 39 corporate corruption. These questions are also 40 central to an understanding of why and where 41 corporate corruption occurs and whether control 42 strategies would work and, if not, why not. 43 Addressing Transnational Corporate 44 Corruption 45 What Is Corporate Corruption? Definitions 46 and Disciplines 47 Bribery is only one offense within the wider term 48 of corruption, as academics and commentators 49 try and encapsulate into a single term that con-50 duct and behavior which reflects private or other 51 partisan interests over official duties in both pub-52 lic and private sectors. Defining "corruption," has 53 long been the subject of conceptual and defini-54 tional debate, in part because of differing country 55 and cultural perceptions and in part because of 56 the wish to seek as near as possible universal 57 definition that allows transnational applicability. 58 The terms bribery and corruption are often used 59 synonymously. Bribery is considered the main G.