Crony Capitalism
Subtitle: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780521004084
Subjects: Political economy; Politics / Current Events; Philippines; Economic policy; Political Science; Politics - Current Events; Politics/International Relations; South Korea; Political Process - General; Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations; Government - Comparative; Political Science / General; Political Science-Government - Comparative; Political Science-Political Process - General; Political corruption--Korea (South); Political corruption--Korea (South) Political; Economic Conditions; 1960-; Korea (South); Political corruption
First sentence: "When the Hanbo Steel Company of South Korea went bankrupt in early 1997, an inquest discovered that at least two billion dollars had evaporated from its accounts, most likely ending up in the pockets of political or business elites."