Abstract This study explores the intersection between accountability policies and anti-corruption... more Abstract This study explores the intersection between accountability policies and anti-corruption measures. Transnational actors define acceptable governance and implement accountability policies on the assumption that corruption is a problem endemic to developing countries. Such accountability policies influence and help constitute transnational geographic and social spaces. However, the impacts of such assumptions and the resultant policies on developing countries and their citizens have not been widely investigated. This study uses a critical discourse analysis of the case of Tunisia before and after its 2011 revolution, to explore the politics and vested interests specific to anti-corruption policies promoted by transnational actors. The study’s contribution is twofold: Firstly, we identify the highly fungible character of the emanant cycles of Western-driven corruption discourses, and indicate their consequences in Tunisia. Secondly, we propose a future research agenda towards non-exploitative anti-corruption and accountability policies.
After getting 44 per cent of the popular vote and a four-point margin of victory in the June elec... more After getting 44 per cent of the popular vote and a four-point margin of victory in the June election, the Conservative government inisists it has the right and obligation to dismantle Alberta's social safety net.1 Health, social services, and education have all been severely affected. ...
The third sector has been remarkably successful in recent years in positioning itself as an unall... more The third sector has been remarkably successful in recent years in positioning itself as an unalloyed force for good.1 However, just as governments and business should be publicly accountable, so too should third sector organizations, especially as the sector grows in economic and political strength (Taylor 2004), and is increasingly represented at the top tables of elite decision-making forums, from informal clubs like the Davos World Business Forum to global governance arenas like the United Nations and the World Bank. The sector has by no means always had its current overwhelmingly positive image. Indeed the modern welfare state was constructed at least in part as a conscious effort to ensure that those in need would not be subject to the capricious and judgemental approaches of many of the private, and particularly religious, distributors of charity in the pre-welfare state era (Kenny 2002). In contrast with the sector’s current claims to represent a force for democratic social ...
ABSTRACT As representative democracy has come under criticism from populists and advocates of ‘pa... more ABSTRACT As representative democracy has come under criticism from populists and advocates of ‘participatory democracy’, parliaments have responded by expanding their engagements throughout the governance process. Parliaments around the world are participating in the development of policy proposals including in dialogue with citizens, the shaping of draft legislation, debate and adoption of legislative proposals, in post-legislative scrutiny, and in government oversight and audit. The article explores the motivators for these enhanced roles, the opportunities and challenges entailed in a parliamentary full-cycle approach, and makes recommendations for parliaments and parliamentary development actors to enable successful implementation of an expanded and deepened role for parliaments as core institutions of representative democracy.
This symposium is organized in the context of global economic crisis and an increasingly bleak ou... more This symposium is organized in the context of global economic crisis and an increasingly bleak outlook for living standards and economic opportunities for working people internationally. The crisis...
Critical management studies (CMS) is a vibrant and increasingly substantial subfield of managemen... more Critical management studies (CMS) is a vibrant and increasingly substantial subfield of management studies. From geographically and theoretically diverse seedlings in the last years of the 20th century, CMS has blossomed into an international movement with large biannual international conferences, a Division at the Academy of Management, and a burgeoning scholarly literature. The growth of CMS – particularly in the Anglo-American world – has fostered an intensive debate on the historical background, current research agenda, and the future of CMS over the past decade (see, e.g. Adler, 2002, 2008; Adler, Forbes, & Willmott, 2007; Alvesson, 2008; Clegg, Kornberger, Carter, & Rhodes, 2006; Cunliffe, 2008; Fournier & Grey, 2000; Ibarra-Colado, 2008; Parker, 2006; Phillips, 2006; Spicer, Alvesson, & Karreman, 2009; Thompson, 2004; Voronov, 2008; Willmott, 2008). Despite its share of doctrinal disputes, by and large CMS scholars have been willing to encourage the participation of those from different disciplines and research interests under the same umbrella (see, e.g. Adler et al., 2007; Alvesson, 2008; Cooke, 2008). One product of the relative openness of the CMS community, however, is that there is no common agreement on what is meant by CMS. Neither is there something that could be called CMS-theory (Adler, 2008). As Alvesson (2008) points out, different groups perceive criticality differently. While there are a number of accounts that explore the meaning(s) of CMS (see, e.g. Adler et al., 2007; Alvesson, 2008; Alvesson, Bridgman, & Willmott, 2009; Alvesson & Willmott, 2003; Fournier & Grey, 2000), the CMS project as a whole remains theoretically fragmented with no clearly dominant approaches and perspectives. This epistemological, ontological, and teleological diversity in turn is reflected in highly divergent attitudes towards the possibility of engaged practice, as the varying interpretations by the different authors in this collection demonstrate.
Strong claims are made by many third sector leaders about the positive contributions made by the ... more Strong claims are made by many third sector leaders about the positive contributions made by the sector. In this chapter it is argued that these claims substantially exaggerate the extent to which third sector organizations are different from their private sector and government cousins. Three case studies, of large international third sector organizations in action, are examined. These address the
Abstract This study explores the intersection between accountability policies and anti-corruption... more Abstract This study explores the intersection between accountability policies and anti-corruption measures. Transnational actors define acceptable governance and implement accountability policies on the assumption that corruption is a problem endemic to developing countries. Such accountability policies influence and help constitute transnational geographic and social spaces. However, the impacts of such assumptions and the resultant policies on developing countries and their citizens have not been widely investigated. This study uses a critical discourse analysis of the case of Tunisia before and after its 2011 revolution, to explore the politics and vested interests specific to anti-corruption policies promoted by transnational actors. The study’s contribution is twofold: Firstly, we identify the highly fungible character of the emanant cycles of Western-driven corruption discourses, and indicate their consequences in Tunisia. Secondly, we propose a future research agenda towards non-exploitative anti-corruption and accountability policies.
After getting 44 per cent of the popular vote and a four-point margin of victory in the June elec... more After getting 44 per cent of the popular vote and a four-point margin of victory in the June election, the Conservative government inisists it has the right and obligation to dismantle Alberta's social safety net.1 Health, social services, and education have all been severely affected. ...
The third sector has been remarkably successful in recent years in positioning itself as an unall... more The third sector has been remarkably successful in recent years in positioning itself as an unalloyed force for good.1 However, just as governments and business should be publicly accountable, so too should third sector organizations, especially as the sector grows in economic and political strength (Taylor 2004), and is increasingly represented at the top tables of elite decision-making forums, from informal clubs like the Davos World Business Forum to global governance arenas like the United Nations and the World Bank. The sector has by no means always had its current overwhelmingly positive image. Indeed the modern welfare state was constructed at least in part as a conscious effort to ensure that those in need would not be subject to the capricious and judgemental approaches of many of the private, and particularly religious, distributors of charity in the pre-welfare state era (Kenny 2002). In contrast with the sector’s current claims to represent a force for democratic social ...
ABSTRACT As representative democracy has come under criticism from populists and advocates of ‘pa... more ABSTRACT As representative democracy has come under criticism from populists and advocates of ‘participatory democracy’, parliaments have responded by expanding their engagements throughout the governance process. Parliaments around the world are participating in the development of policy proposals including in dialogue with citizens, the shaping of draft legislation, debate and adoption of legislative proposals, in post-legislative scrutiny, and in government oversight and audit. The article explores the motivators for these enhanced roles, the opportunities and challenges entailed in a parliamentary full-cycle approach, and makes recommendations for parliaments and parliamentary development actors to enable successful implementation of an expanded and deepened role for parliaments as core institutions of representative democracy.
This symposium is organized in the context of global economic crisis and an increasingly bleak ou... more This symposium is organized in the context of global economic crisis and an increasingly bleak outlook for living standards and economic opportunities for working people internationally. The crisis...
Critical management studies (CMS) is a vibrant and increasingly substantial subfield of managemen... more Critical management studies (CMS) is a vibrant and increasingly substantial subfield of management studies. From geographically and theoretically diverse seedlings in the last years of the 20th century, CMS has blossomed into an international movement with large biannual international conferences, a Division at the Academy of Management, and a burgeoning scholarly literature. The growth of CMS – particularly in the Anglo-American world – has fostered an intensive debate on the historical background, current research agenda, and the future of CMS over the past decade (see, e.g. Adler, 2002, 2008; Adler, Forbes, & Willmott, 2007; Alvesson, 2008; Clegg, Kornberger, Carter, & Rhodes, 2006; Cunliffe, 2008; Fournier & Grey, 2000; Ibarra-Colado, 2008; Parker, 2006; Phillips, 2006; Spicer, Alvesson, & Karreman, 2009; Thompson, 2004; Voronov, 2008; Willmott, 2008). Despite its share of doctrinal disputes, by and large CMS scholars have been willing to encourage the participation of those from different disciplines and research interests under the same umbrella (see, e.g. Adler et al., 2007; Alvesson, 2008; Cooke, 2008). One product of the relative openness of the CMS community, however, is that there is no common agreement on what is meant by CMS. Neither is there something that could be called CMS-theory (Adler, 2008). As Alvesson (2008) points out, different groups perceive criticality differently. While there are a number of accounts that explore the meaning(s) of CMS (see, e.g. Adler et al., 2007; Alvesson, 2008; Alvesson, Bridgman, & Willmott, 2009; Alvesson & Willmott, 2003; Fournier & Grey, 2000), the CMS project as a whole remains theoretically fragmented with no clearly dominant approaches and perspectives. This epistemological, ontological, and teleological diversity in turn is reflected in highly divergent attitudes towards the possibility of engaged practice, as the varying interpretations by the different authors in this collection demonstrate.
Strong claims are made by many third sector leaders about the positive contributions made by the ... more Strong claims are made by many third sector leaders about the positive contributions made by the sector. In this chapter it is argued that these claims substantially exaggerate the extent to which third sector organizations are different from their private sector and government cousins. Three case studies, of large international third sector organizations in action, are examined. These address the
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