One of our field reps, Bob Barnett, just informed me of some great news out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Many thanks to Michael Boggs at Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville for bringing it to our attention.

The University of Louisville awards major prizes–the Grawemeyer Awards–every year in five different categories: Music Composition, Education, World Order, Psychology, and Religion.

This year’s World Order prize goes to Cambridge author Michael Johnston. Johnston’s book, Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy seeks to understand corruption by looking at how it manifests in different countries, including bribes, cartels, and outright plunder. According Rodger Payne, a Louisville political science professor who directs the award:

Corruption is a pervasive global problem that undermines economic and political systems, Johnston’s approach is particularly useful because it puts forward a practical agenda for reform.

Johnston is Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. They recently interviewed him on their blog.

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