Political Corruption
Subtitle: Readings in Comparative Analysis
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9781351308366
Subjects: Political corruption; Corruption (Politique)
Description: "Corruption is once again high on the international policy agenda as a result of globalization, the spread of democracy, and major scandals and reform initiatives. But the concept itself has been a focus for social scientists for many years, and new findings and data take on richer meanings when viewed in the context of long-term developments and enduring conceptual debates. This compendium, a much-enriched version of a work that has been a standard reference in the field since 1970, offers concepts, cases, and fresh evidence for comparative analysis. Building on a nucleus of classic studies laying out the nature and development of the concept of corruption, the book also incorporates recent work on economic, cultural, and linguistic dimensions of the problem, as well as critical analyses of several approaches to reform. While many authors are political scientists, work by historians, economists, and sociologists are strongly represented. Two-thirds of the nearly fifty articles are based either on studies especially written or translated for this volume, or on selected journal literature published in the 1990s. The tendency to treat corruption as merely a synonym for bribery is illuminated by analyses of the diverse terminology and linguistic techniques that help distinguish corruption problems in the major languages. Recent attempts to measure corruption, and to analyze its causes and effects quantitatively are also critically examined. New contributions emphasize especially: corruption phenomena in Asia and Africa; contrasts among region and regime types; comparing U.S. state corruption incidence; European Party finance and corruption; assessments of international corruption rating project; analyses of international corruption control treaties; unintended consequences of anti-corruption efforts. Cumulatively, the book combines description richness, analytical thrust, conceptual awareness, and contextual articulation."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Part, 1 The Context of Analysis  -- Arnold J. Heidenheimer; title: chapter 1 What Is the Problem about Corruption? --; title: chapter 2 The Concept of Corruption 1 --; title: chapter 3 The Sociology of Corruption --; title: chapter 4 Techniques of Political Graft --; title: chapter 5 The Definition of Corruption --; title: chapter 6 The Nature of Political Corruption --; title: chapter 7 Black-Market Bureaucracy --; title: chapter 1 Definitions, Concepts, and Criteria --; title: chapter 8 Corruption as a Historical Phenomenon --; title: chapter 9 Performance Levels and Bureaucratic Structures --; title: chapter 10 The Sale of Public Offices --; title: chapter 11 Bureaucratic Institutionalization in Nineteenth Century Europe --; title: chapter 12 Patronage and the Public Service: Jeffersonian Bureaucracy and the British Tradition --; title: chapter 2 The Evolution of Public-Office Concepts and Rules --; title: chapter 13 The Moral Basis of a Backward Society --; title: chapter 14 Patronage In Sicily 1 --; title: chapter 15 Village Friendship and Patronage --; title: chapter 16 Crime and Mobility among Italian-Americans --; title: chapter 17 The Politics of Corruption in an American City --; title: chapter 18 Ticket-Fixing in Massachusetts --; title: chapter 3 Behavioral and Normative Perspectives on the "Incidence" of Corruption --; title: part, 2 The Analysis of Administrative Corruption  -- Arnold J. Heidenheimer; title: chapter 19 Sociological Aspects of Corruption in Southeast Asia 1 --; title: chapter 20 The "Sala Model" and Comparative Administration --; title: chapter 21 The Dimensions of Corruption in India --; title: chapter 22 Corruption as a Hindrance to Modernization in South Asia --; title: chapter 4 South and Southeast Asia --; title: chapter 23 Administrative Corruption in Theory and Dutch Practice --; title: chapter 24 The British Method of Dealing with Political Corruption --; title: chapter 25 The Decline of the Bureaucratic Ethos in the Federal Republic --; title: chapter 5 Contemporary Europe --; title: chapter 26 Corruption: The Special Case of the United States --; title: chapter 27 Spoilsmen and Reformers: Civil Service Reform and Public Morality --; title: chapter 28 Municipal Corruption: A Comment on Lincoln Steffens 1 --; title: chapter 29 A Theory about Corruption --; title: chapter 30 Corruption: The Shame of the States --; title: chapter 31 The Purity Potlatch: Conflict of Interests and Moral Escalation --; title: chapter 6 The United States --; title: chapter 32 Corruption in the Public Services of British Colonies and Ex-Colonies in West Africa --; title: chapter 33 Nepotism and Bribery in West Africa --; title: chapter 34 New States and the Concept of Corruption --; title: chapter 35 Kleptocracy as a System of Government in Africa --; title: chapter 7 Africa --; title: part, 3 The Analysis of Electoral and Legislative Corruption  -- Arnold J. Heidenheimer; title: chapter 36 How the Government Won Elections under Napoleon III --; title: chapter 37 Socioeconomic Development and the Incidence of English Corrupt Campaign Practices --; title: chapter 38 The Nature and Decline of Corrupt Election Expenditures in Nineteenth-Century Britain --; title: chapter 39 German Attempts at the Legal Definition of Parliamentary Corruption --; title: chapter 8 Western Europe --; title: chapter 40 The Alarming Proportion of Venal Voters in Connecticut --; title: chapter 41 The Purchase of Votes in New York City --; title: chapter 42 The City Boss: Game Politician or Gain Politician --; title: chapter 43 Congressional Ethics and the Conflict of Interest Issue --; title: chapter 44 44. Group Politics and the Disclosure Idea --; title: chapter 9 The United States --; title: chapter 45 Bribery in the Election of Ashanti Chiefs --; title: chapter 46 Remuneration Levels and Corruption in French-Speaking Africa --; title: chapter 47 Corruption and Self-Interest in Kampala and Nairobi --; title: chapter 48 The Peso Price of Politics in the Philippines --; title: chapter 10 The Developing Nations --; title: part, 4 Corruption and Modernization  -- Arnold J. Heidenheimer; title: chapter 49 Towards a Grammar of Graft --; title: chapter 50 Modernization and Corruption --; title: chapter 51 Apologies for Political Corruption --; title: chapter 52 Economic Development through Bureaucratic Corruption 1 --; title: chapter 53 The Effects of Corruption in a Developing Nation --; title: chapter 54 The Contribution of Nepotism, Spoils, and Graft to Political Development --; title: chapter 55 Corruption: Its Causes and Effects --; title: chapter 56 Bureaucracy versus Kleptocracy --; title: chapter 57 Corruption, Machine Politics, and Political Change --; title: chapter 58 Corruption and Political Development: A Cost-Benefit Analysis --; title: chapter 11 Assessing Effects, Toxic and Tonic.