The politics of corruption in dictatorships
By: Vineeta Yadav, Penn State University ; Bumba Mukherjee, Penn State University
Contributors: Mukherjee, Bumba, author
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781107083233; 9781107443778
Subjects: Political corruption; Dictators
Description: "The Politics of Corruption in Dictatorshipsstudies how institutional and social factors influence corruption in dictatorships. Dictatorships are often synonymous with high levels of corruption, yet Vineeta Yadav and Bumba Mukherjee argue otherwise. The authors ask why corruption has declined in some but not other authoritarian regimes"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Geographic Concentration and Political Mobilization by Small- and Medium-Sized Business Firms; title: SME Business Association, Multiparty Legislature, and Corruption; title: Geographic Concentration and National SME Association in Autocracies: The Empirical Evidence; title: Empirical Analysis of Legislative Institutions, SME Firms, and Corruption in Autocracies; title: Jordan: Institutional Change and Corruption; title: Malaysia: SME Mobilization and Corruption; title: Uganda: The Contrarian Case; title: Conclusion and Implications.