Hypocrisy Trap (eBook)
288 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3781-6 (ISBN)
As the preeminent international development agency for the past sixty years, the World Bank has attracted equal amounts of criticism and praise. Critics are especially quick to decry the World Bank's hypocrisy-the pervasive gaps between the organization's talk, decisions, and actions. In the wake of the Paul Wolfowitz leadership scandal in May 2006, perceptions of hypocrisy have exacted a heavy toll on the Bank's authority and fueled strong demands for wide-scale reform. Yet what exactly does the hypocrisy of the World Bank look like, and what or who causes it? In Hypocrisy Trap, Catherine Weaver explores how the characteristics of change in a complex international organization make hypocrisy difficult to resolve, especially after its exposure becomes a critical threat to the organization's legitimacy and survival.
Using a rich sociological model and several years of field research, Weaver delves into the political and cultural worlds within and outside of the Bank to uncover the tensions that incite and perpetuate organized hypocrisy. She examines the sources and dynamics of hypocrisy in the critical cases of the Bank's governance and anticorruption agenda, and its recent Strategic Compact reorganization. The first book to unravel the puzzle of organized hypocrisy in relation to reform at the World Bank, Hypocrisy Trap ultimately enriches our understanding of culture, behavior, and change in international organizations.
As the preeminent international development agency for the past sixty years, the World Bank has attracted equal amounts of criticism and praise. Critics are especially quick to decry the World Bank's hypocrisy--the pervasive gaps between the organization's talk, decisions, and actions. In the wake of the Paul Wolfowitz leadership scandal in May 2006, perceptions of hypocrisy have exacted a heavy toll on the Bank's authority and fueled strong demands for wide-scale reform. Yet what exactly does the hypocrisy of the World Bank look like, and what or who causes it? In Hypocrisy Trap, Catherine Weaver explores how the characteristics of change in a complex international organization make hypocrisy difficult to resolve, especially after its exposure becomes a critical threat to the organization's legitimacy and survival. Using a rich sociological model and several years of field research, Weaver delves into the political and cultural worlds within and outside of the Bank to uncover the tensions that incite and perpetuate organized hypocrisy. She examines the sources and dynamics of hypocrisy in the critical cases of the Bank's governance and anticorruption agenda, and its recent Strategic Compact reorganization. The first book to unravel the puzzle of organized hypocrisy in relation to reform at the World Bank, Hypocrisy Trap ultimately enriches our understanding of culture, behavior, and change in international organizations.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
| Zusatzinfo | 4 line illus. 5 tables. |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung | |
| Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| Schlagworte | Accountability • activism • Anti-Americanism • Anti-globalization movement • bank run • Bretton Woods Project • Bretton Woods System • bribery • Business Ethics • Business Process Reengineering • Chief economist • Clientitis • Comparative Advantage • Corruption • credit risk • cronyism • David Ellerman • Debt Crisis • decentralization • development aid • distrust • Economic Liberalization • Economics • economist • Environmental economics • executive director • Global Governance • Good Governance • Governance • Government Accountability Project • Harry Dexter White • Human Security • hypocrisy • Ideology • Incentive • Independent Evaluation Group • Institution • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development • International Development Association • International Finance Corporation • International Monetary Fund • John B. Taylor • John Maynard Keynes • kleptocracy • Liberalization • Mechanism Design • Member State • Millennium Development Goals • mission creep • Neoliberalism • New Class • Non-governmental organization • odious debt • poverty reduction • Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper • Principal–agent problem • Public Expenditure • Public sector • Quality assurance • Red Tape • Restructuring • risk assessment • Ronald Coase • Structural adjustment • Tax • technocracy • Transaction cost analysis • World Bank • World Bank Group • World Trade Organization |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4008-3781-2 / 1400837812 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4008-3781-6 / 9781400837816 |
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