A failure of governmentality: why Transparency International underestimated corruption in Ben Ali’s Tunisia.
This article critiques the Foucauldian approach to governance indicators. Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) underestimated Tunisian corruption levels under President Ben Ali: his regime was highly corrupt but foreign investors were less affected. CPI methodology me...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 467 - 483 |
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