Review: Globalization: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200305800118 |
| Published date | 01 March 2003 |
| Author | Wesley Cragg |
| Date | 01 March 2003 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
permanent
five
members,
but
the
unique
power
held
by
the
United
States,
not
only
within
the
United
Nations,
but
globally.
However,
throughout
the
1990s
alternatives
to
the
dominance
of
a
powerful
few
appeared
with
the
increasing
role
of
NGOs
and
groups
of
'middle
power'
countries
willing
to
pursue
shared
agendas.
The
overar-
ching
argument
of
the
volume
is
that
those
actors
have
increasingly
been
oriented
towards
persuading
the
powerful to accept
their
goals
on
key
agenda items.
In
particular, Canadian
and
NGO
support
for
the
landmines
ban
and
a
coalition
of
middle
power
states
and
NGOs
pro-
moting
the
ICC
have
provided
models
for
new
diplomacy.
The
land-
mines ban
was
a
unique
triumph
in
convincing
governments
globally
to
relinquish
weapons many militaries
insisted
were necessary.
Similarly,
the
ICC
statute
entails
the potential
cession
of
a
key
element
of
national
sovereignty
-
the
legal
control
of
a
nation's
own
citizens.
The
articles
are
well
written and
make
a
cogent
case
for
the
importance
of
the
new
diplomacy
as
an alternate
means
of
generating
international
law
and
co-operation.
However,
in
the
current
environment
one cannot
but
suggest
that
while
many
essays
recognize
the
fact
of
United
States
exceptionalism
and
unilateralism,
they
have
drastically
underestimated
its
impact on
global
governance.
The United
States
can
not
only
afford
to
refuse
to
sign
onto
the
statute
of
the
ICC
so carefully
nurtured
by
middle
powers
and
NGOs,
but
it
can
also
circumvent
the
Security
Council
in
planning
the
use
of
force
if
it
so
chooses.
This
does
not
mean
that
the
new
diplomacy
is
unimportant,
but
that
its
effect
is
likely
to
be
limited.
Chandra
Lekha
Sriram/International
Peace
Academy
CORRUPTION
AND
ANTI-CORRUPTION
Edited
by
Peter
Larmour
and Nick
Wolanin
Canberra:
Asia Pacific
School
of
Economics
and
Management,
Australian
National
University,
2001,
xxiii,
2 6 2
pp,
us$30.00,
ISBN
0-
7315-3660-6
This book
was
written
by
academics
at
the Australian
National
University
and
public
servants
at
the
New
South
Wales
Independent
Commission
Against
Corruption.
It
draws
on
material
used
in
a
pio-
neering
course
on
corruption
that
has
been
taught
since
1998.
Its
cre-
ation
was
stimulated
by
Transparency
International,
acting on
behalf
of
Indonesian
non-governmental
organizations
looking
for
anti-cor-
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