NCJ Number
230873
Journal
Global Crime Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Dated: May 2010 Pages: 220-236
Date Published
May 2010
Length
17 pages
Annotation
The article aims at analyzing the transfer of anti-corruption norms and standards as well as the instrumental use of anti-corruption efforts in Georgia.
Abstract
Drawing on the literature on anthropology and development, the author uses Georgia as a case study to analyze how an anti-corruption discourse is translated into local agendas. In the first part, the author analyzes three different perspectives on the fight against corruption in Georgia. In the second part, she examines three different types of anti-corruption interventions to illustrate the various agendas pursued by actors in the anti-corruption field. First, the author studies the implementation of the national anti-corruption strategy as an example of a conflict between two actors (government and international organization) to assert the pre-eminence of a particular anti-corruption expertise. Second, she examines the reform of the Chamber of Control of Georgia (CCG), in particular the confrontation between the CCG and the Ministry of Education (MoE) in 2007, as an example of how an external anti-corruption agenda is adapted to local political struggles. Third, she analyzes civil society anti-corruption projects as examples of the attempt to maintain a particular donor discourse. (Published Abstract)