Waging War on Corruption: Inside the Movement Fighting the Abuse of Power

From the birth of pioneering anti-corruption organization Transparency International in 1993, to the Arab Spring in 2011, this is the story of people who risk their lives (and the many who support them) to combat government-business conspiracies to secure justice, accountability, transparency and integrity. It is the story of an African child denied an education because her parents cannot bribe a school teacher, and of hundreds of thousands of Egyptians who overcame their fears, encouraged by Twitter and Facebook, to demand an end to government abuse.

The new paper edition contains an new Introduction and Afterword, which highlight the continuing major challenges that corruption poses to humanity and security. It underscores that as citizens protest with mounting impact against corrupt regimes from Brazil to Ukraine to South Africa, so as Vogl stresses, “We are entering the era of anticorruption enforcement.”

This is an insider’s account of the battles, the fighters, the villains and their victims. Now, as never before, from vast public rallies in  India to “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations, the fight against corruption is moving ahead. Major policy questions must still be resolved in the White House and far beyond – at stake is nothing less than our global security, the reduction of poverty, the stability of our economic and financial systems, and the cause of freedom and democracy.