TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncovering the Transnational Networks, Organisational Techniques and State‐Corporate Ties Behind Grand Corruption: Building an Investigative Methodology
AU - Lasslett, Kristian
PY - 2017/11/14
Y1 - 2017/11/14
N2 - While grand corruption is a major global governance challenge, researchers notably lack asystematic methodology for conducting qualitative research into its complex forms. Toaddress this lacuna, the following article sets out and applies the corruption investigativeframework (CIF), a methodology designed to generate a systematic, transferable approachfor grand corruption research. Its utility will be demonstrated employing a case study thatcentres on an Australian‐led megaproject being built in Papua New Guinea’s capital city,Port Moresby. Unlike conventional analyses of corruption in Papua New Guinea, whichemphasise its local characteristics and patrimonial qualities, application of CIF uncoverednew empirical layers that centre on transnational state‐corporate power, the ambiguity ofcivil society, and the structural inequalities that marginalise resistance movements. Theimportant theoretical consequences of the findings and underpinning methodology areexplored.
AB - While grand corruption is a major global governance challenge, researchers notably lack asystematic methodology for conducting qualitative research into its complex forms. Toaddress this lacuna, the following article sets out and applies the corruption investigativeframework (CIF), a methodology designed to generate a systematic, transferable approachfor grand corruption research. Its utility will be demonstrated employing a case study thatcentres on an Australian‐led megaproject being built in Papua New Guinea’s capital city,Port Moresby. Unlike conventional analyses of corruption in Papua New Guinea, whichemphasise its local characteristics and patrimonial qualities, application of CIF uncoverednew empirical layers that centre on transnational state‐corporate power, the ambiguity ofcivil society, and the structural inequalities that marginalise resistance movements. Theimportant theoretical consequences of the findings and underpinning methodology areexplored.
KW - Grand corruption
KW - state crime
KW - corporate crime
KW - investigative methodologies
KW - neoliberalism
KW - megaprojects.
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/uncovering-the-transnational-networks-organisational-techniques-a-2
U2 - 10.5204/ijcjsd.v6i4.445
DO - 10.5204/ijcjsd.v6i4.445
M3 - Article
SN - 2202-8005
VL - 6
SP - 29
EP - 54
JO - International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
JF - International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
IS - 4
ER -