ContentsPART I WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO?Introduction to Part IIntroduction to the Handbook of Research Methods for Corruption Studies: not your average cookbook 4Michael Johnston1 Dimensions of anticorruption: a framework for populist times 15Mlada Bukovansky2 Dumping corruption 35Adam Graycar3 Global banking: cultures of immorality and corruption risks 48Frank Vogl4 Taking the profit out of corruption: asset recovery, success, or failure? 65Stuart C. Gilman5 The Sector Focus Remediation Action (SFRA) approach 75Paul M. Heywood and Devi Pillay6 Constructing a postcolonial theory of corruption: "state capture" in South Africa 88Thomas A. Koelble7 Terra incognita of national anti-corruption reforms 100Alexey KonovPART II WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD WE ASK?Introduction to Part II8 Gender and underestimating vulnerability to grassroots corruption: time to revisit the methodological toolbox 118Caryn Peiffer9 Beyond quid pro quo: the nature and dynamics of collective corruption 130Ting Gong and Daan Wang10 Corruption, economic incentives, and social norms: why anti-corruption strategies often fail 141Susan Rose-Ackerman11 Dimensions of corruption: a typology of corruption and measurement options 156Monika Bauhr12 Challenges and advances in disaggregating corruption 168Stephen D. Morris13 Corruption control as a collective action problem in the principal-agent relationship 183Jong-sung YouPART III HOW, AND WHERE, SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANSWERS?Introduction to Part III14 Measuring corruption: evidence from surveys, experiments and the field 199Johann Graf Lambsdorff15 From convictions to perceptions: a critical review of methods for measuring corruption 210Oguzhan Dincer16 Experimental approaches to studying corruption and anti-corruption 220Shuguang Jiang17 Countering elite corruption: how the mapping method helps unmask elite influencers and their networks 236Janine R. Wedel and Urszula Anna Horoszko18 Survey research on corruption: challenges and advancements 265Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel and Luís de Sousa19 Addressing corruption in humanitarian assistance from a research perspective: challenges, consequences and anti-corruption strategies 282Ina Kubbe and Anwesha Chakraborty20 Governance corruption and democratic exclusion: the corruptive effects of excluding residents, staff, and families from nursing home care decisions 301Frank Anechiarico, Elian Sorensen and Staffan Andersson21 Anti-corruption from the grassroots in digitalized societies: from websites and social media platforms to chatbots and artificial intelligence applications 315Alice Mattoni22 Detecting corruption in the digital age: big data issues and reform opportunities 328Fernanda Odilla23 Negotiation processes: multilevel channels that promote or deter corruption 343Bertram I. Spector24 Understanding interviews as a research tool in corruption studies 354Aiysha VarraichPART IV WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?Introduction to Part IV25 Corruption in the liminal time: enduring questions and theory 368Lucio Picci26 Democracy and corruption of the public sphere 375Mark E. Warren27 Recalibrating anti-corruption assessment: theories of change in a multi-level approach 385Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez28 Bringing the facts back in: measuring corruption for evaluation purposes 400Alina Mungiu-Pippidi29 A comprehensive approach: reimagining the fight against corruption on a global scale 416Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai30 Bridging theory and reality: research as the cornerstone of impactful anti-corruption education 426Pawan Kumar Sinha and Mallika Mahajan31 Un-plateauing corruption research? Perhaps less necessary, but more exciting than one might think 442Dieter Zinnbauer.