​​You are cordially invited to attend the first public STIAS lecture of 2018. This presents an opportunity to academics, researchers and students at SU and in the Western Cape, as well as members of the public, to learn more about the work of STIAS fellows and associates.

On this occasion Professor Susan Rose-Ackerman

Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

and STIAS fellow will present a talk with the title:

Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and  Reform

Abstract

Corruption is the misuse of public power for private gain. It involves the illicit buying and selling of government benefits or payoffs to avoid costs. The talk will explore the economic roots of corrupt transactions and their negative political and economic consequences. It will conclude by considering some of the distinctive features of the current explosion of corruption scandals in South Africa and allegations of state capture.

Date      Tuesday 20 February 2018
Time      13:00
Place    Room 1046, 1st floor, Van der Sterr Building (New venue for STIAS lectures!)

(Please use the entrance opposite the CGW Schumann Building)

Susan Rose-Ackerman is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University. She is currently a fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study writing a book on policymaking and comparative administrative law. She has written widely on the political economy of corruption and has advised the World Bank, the IMF and the InterAmerican Development Bank on anti-corruption policy. Her recent books are Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reform, 2d edition with Bonnie Palifka, (the first edition from 1999 was translated into 17 languages); Due Process of Lawmaking: The United States, South Africa, Germany and the European Union (with Stefanie Egidy and James Fowkes, 2015); Greed, Corruption, and the Modern State (co-editor); and International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption (vols. I and II, co-editor). She directs the program in Comparative Administrative Law at Yale Law School, and she holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.

We look forward to welcoming you at this event  –  not to be missed!

For more information, contact Maria Mouton at 021 808 2963 or mmouton@sun.ac.za, or visit stias.ac.za/events.