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Essential investigation into the causes and consequences of Corruption in the West

About the Author

Laurence Cockcroft is a DevelopmentEconomist and Founder of TransparencyInternational, the global civil societyorganization against corruption, and wasformerly Chairman of its UK chapter. Heis the author of Global Corruption: Money,Power and Ethics in the Modern Worldand Africa's Way: A Journey from the Past(both I.B.Tauris). Anne- Christine Wegener is a political scientist and anti-corruption analyst based in Frankfurt. She was previously deputy director and programme manager at Transparency International UK, focusing on defence and security.

Reviews

'This is an important book on an uncomfortable subject. Corruption is big business and hugely damaging. Defeating it will take a focused effort by governments, and that will only happen if people wake up to what is going on.' - Paul Collier, author of Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century, 'In Unmasked, Laurence Cockcroft and Anne-Christine Wegener provide a needed antidote to the idea that corruption is a malady confined to the developing world. In this clear-headed analysis, they systematically show how the West's political donors, big business, offshore havens, and organized crime have created a parallel universe of corrupt deals and conflicts of interest that cost all of us dearly. If you care about transparency and a clean society, put this book on your reading list.' - David E. Kaplan, Global Investigative Journalism Network, 'This thorough analysis of contemporary corruption in the developed world goes beyond the scandals that regularly attract attention and probes the complex forces that undermine politics, business and contemporary life. This pathbreaking book combines fine research with a highly readable text making it accessible to a broad audience. This work will advance in important ways our understanding of what we must do to address this corrosive corruption.' - Louise I. Shelley, author of Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism