| Description |
1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Series in Politics |
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Series in politics.
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| Contents |
Introduction : political corruption in a world in transition / Jonathan Mendilow, Eric Phélippeau -- Fixed legalistic definitions of corruption in shifting realities : some implications from Brazil / Ezequiel Martins Paz -- Corruption perceptions and transitions : balancing the needs of NGO clients and organizational sustainability / Paulina Alvarado-Goldman -- Fetishizing altruism : corruption in the international aid context and the presumption of doing no wrong / Maria D. Bermudez -- Persuasive corrupters : arguments made to corrupt public officials / Mónica García Quesada, Fernando Jiménez Sánchez -- Local corruption in the Czech Republic : does size matter? / Stanislav Balík -- Political corruption in a world in transition : the fluctuating boundaries of corruption / Sofia Wickberg -- Civilizing French politics : illegality, playing with the rules, offenses and public probity / Alix Meyer, Eric Phélippeau -- The untimely disappearance of the "appearance of influence" in American politics / Olivia Newman -- Parties of political entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia : unfolding tale of multifaceted actors / Roman Chytilek, Petra Svačinová -- Machiavelli, elite theory, and the state of exception : the corruptions of populism / Frank Rusciano -- Light onto Europe or darkness at noon? Corruption, civil society, populism and manipulation in Romania / Michael Shafir -- What we talk about when we talk about corruption / Robert G. Boatright, Molly Brigid McGrath |
| Summary |
This book argues that the mainstream definitions of corruption, and the key expectations they embed concerning the relationship between corruption, democracy, and the process of democratization, require reexamination. Even critics who did not consider stable institutions and legal clarity of veteran democracies as a cure-all, assumed that the process of widening the influence on government decision making and implementation allows non-elites to defend their interests, define the acceptable sources and uses of wealth, and demand government accountability. This had proved correct, especially insofar as ‘petty corruption’ is involved. But the assumption that corruption necessarily involves the evasion of democratic principles and a ‘market approach’ in which the corrupt seek to maximize profit does not exhaust the possible incentives for corruption, the types of behaviors involved (for obvious reasons, the tendency in the literature is to focus on bribery), or the range of situations that ‘permit’ corruption in democracies. In the effort to identify some of the problems that require recognition, and to offer a more exhaustive alternative, the chapters in this book focus on corruption in democratic settings (including NGOs and the United Nations which were largely so far ignored), while focusing mainly on behaviors other than bribery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Political corruption.
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Political science.
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Non-governmental organizations -- Corrupt practices
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Non-governmental organizations -- Corrupt practices
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Political corruption
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Political science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mendilow, Jonathan, editor
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Phélippeau, Eric, editor
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| ISBN |
9781622737697 |
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1622737695 |
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