The criminalisation of corruption recognises that the misuse of official office for private gain exacts a detrimental and distorting effect on a country's social and economic development. This is especially acute in countries undergoing rapid political system transitions. In an effort to combat corruption, governments have come under increasing pressure to enhance ...

The 'machinery' of government reveals a great deal about how the state's organisational apparatus is arranged to give effect to its policy commitments. It is a process influenced by more than structural logics and is inextricably bound up in the politics of change and the prerogatives of political leadership. This article traces the changing composition, size and n...

The 'machinery' of government reveals a great deal about how the state's organisational apparatus is arranged to give effect to its policy commitments. It is a process influenced by more than structural logics and is inextricably bound up in the politics of change and the prerogatives of political leadership. This article traces the changing composition, size and n...