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Making Sense of Corruption - Hardcover

Rothstein, Bo; Varraich, Aiysha

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9781107163706: Making Sense of Corruption
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ISBN 10: 1107163706 ISBN 13: 9781107163706
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimensional concept. Tackling this important and provocative topic, the authors provide an accessible and systematic analysis of how our understanding of corruption has evolved. They identify gaps in the research and make connections between related concepts such as clientelism, patronage, patrimonialism, particularism and state capture. A fundamental issue discussed is how the opposite of corruption should be defined. By arguing for the possibility of a universal understanding of corruption, and specifically what corruption is not, an innovative solution to this problem is presented. This book provides an accessible overview of corruption, allowing scholars and students alike to see the far reaching place it has within academic research.

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About the Authors

Bo Rothstein is Professor of Government and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 2003, he was awarded a Leading Scholars grant by the Swedish Science Council and in 2013 he received an Advanced Research Grant from the European Research Council.

Aiysha Varraich received her Master of Science degree from the International Administration and Global Governance Program at Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden in 2011. In 2014, she entered the PhD program in Political Science at Göteborgs Universitet and is writing a thesis about clientelism and its effects on democratic processes within new democracies.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107163706
ISBN 13 
9781107163706
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
184
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