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Strengthening Jamaica's Anticorruption Policy with an Independent Anticorruption Agency.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Strengthening Jamaica's Anticorruption Policy with an Independent Anticorruption Agency./
Author:	Brown, Curt A.
Description:	1 online resource (241 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-08A(E).
Subject:	Public policy. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355826265

Strengthening Jamaica's Anticorruption Policy with an Independent Anticorruption Agency.
Brown, Curt A.

Strengthening Jamaica's Anticorruption Policy with an Independent Anticorruption Agency. - 1 online resource (241 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

Corruption is a kind of behavior that undermines good governance. Current research has suggested that Jamaica's present anticorruption policy is ineffective, and needs strengthening. A civic organization in Jamaica has advocated for an independent anticorruption agency, with both investigative and prosecutorial powers to strengthen Jamaica's anticorruption policy. Little is known about the perspectives from the Jamaican business community on this concept. The purpose of this study was to discover and understand perspectives from the Jamaican business community on this concept. A framework included in this study is the principal-agent theory, which provides an understanding of the essence and relevance of perspectives from the Jamaican business community. Phenomenological research was used to gain a deep understanding of these perspectives. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 5 business owners and a focus group comprising of 6 business owners. The data were analyzed thematically. Two perspectives were that an independent anticorruption agency with both investigative and prosecutorial powers in Jamaica could result in an improvement in some social benefits for its people, but the agency itself could experience challenges. Participants also thought that a collaboration among societal actors in Jamaica could bring increased success in terms of corruption control. An implication for positive social change is that societal actors in Jamaica can use collaboration to achieve effective public policies for Jamaica.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355826265Subjects--Topical Terms:

1002398
Public policy.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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