The Politics of Corruption: Explaining Corruption No. 1 (Elgar Mini Series)

edited by Robert Williams

ISBN 10: 1840644893 / ISBN 13: 9781840644890

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2000

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xvi, 550 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents: A theory of corruption - based on a consideration of corruption in the public services and governments of British colonies and ex-colonies in West Africa, M. McMullan; economic development through bureaucratic corruption, Nathaniel H. Leff; what is the problem about corruption? Colin Leys; corruption and political development - a cost-benefit analysis, J.S. Nye; an analysis of corruption in developing nations, James C. Scott; endemic and planned corruption in a monarchical regime, John Waterbury; corruption as a feature of governmental organization, Edward C. Banfield; the problem of corruption - a conceptual and comparative analysis, Robert J. Williams; the corruption of a state, J. Patrick Dobel; on political scandals and corruption, Graeme C. Moodie; new directions in the study of administrative corruption, Simcha B. Werner; anatomy of corruption -an approach to the political economy of underdevelopment, M. Shahid Alam; corruption, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny; corruption and growth, Paolo Mauro; the corruption eruption, Moises Naim; the search for definitions - the vitality of politics and the issue of corruption, Michael Johnston; the efficiency implications of corruption, Mushtaq H. Khan; "fin de siecle" corruption - change, crisis and shifting values, Yves Meny; democracy and "grand" corruption, Susan Rose-Ackerman; political corruption - problems and perspectives, Paul Heywood; the politics of privilege - assessing the impact of rents, corruption, and clientelism on third world development, Paul D. Hutchcroft. (Part contents).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of Corruption: Explaining Corruption No. 1 (Elgar Mini Series)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840644893
• ISBN 13: 9781840644890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A guide to the literature on corruption. The articles included address issues such as: economic development through bureaucratic corruption; corruption as a feature of governmental organization; the corruption of a state; and directions in the study of administrative corruption.

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Volumes sold together and separately. 1 84064 489 3

Volume I: Explaining Corruption (Robert Williams) 28 articles, dating from 1961-1999 576 pp $190.00 1 84064 490 7

Volume II: Corruption in the Developing World (Robert Williams and Robin Theobald) 23 articles, dating from 1966-1999 576pp $190.00 1 84064 491 5

Volume III: Corruption in the Developed World (Robert Williams, Jonathan Moran and Rachel Flanary) 33 articles, dating from 1983-1999 640pp $210.00 1 84064 492 3

Volume IV: Controlling Corruption (Robert Williams and Alan Doig) 29 articles, dating from 1984-1998 656pp $210.00