Political Corruption : A Handbook (Paperback, 2 ed)

Part I: The Context of Analysis Terms, Concepts, and Definitions 1. Corruption Concepts in Historical Perspective 2. The Concept of Corruption 3. Legal Efforts to Define Political Bribery 4. Techniques of Political Graft 5. What is the Problem About Corruption? The Evolution of Public Office Roles 6. Corruption as a Historical Phenomenon 7. The Sale of Public Offices 8. Patronage and the Public Service in Britain and America 9. Handling Historical Comparisons Cross-Nationally Social Perceptions 10. Perspectives on the Perception of Corruption 11. Toward an Attitudinal Definition of Corruption 12. The Rhetoric of Political Corruption 13. Paradoxes of Political Corruption: A French View Part II: Corruption and Sociopolitical Development Political Development and Corruption Incidence 14. Corruption and Political Development in Early Modern Britain 15. Socioeconomic Development and Corrupt Campaign 16. The Development of Political Corruption in Israel 17. Corruption, Machine Politics and Political Change 18. Exchanging Material Benefits for Political Support: A Comparative Analysis The Persistence o f Patronage Systems 19. Patronage in Sicily 20. Village Friendship and Patronage 21. Endemic and Planned Corruption in a Monarchical Regime 22. Supportive Values of the Culture of Corruption in Ghana Modernization, Corruption, and Economic Development 23. Modernization and Corruption 24. Economic Development Through Bureaucratic Corruption 25. Corruption as a Hindrance to Modernization in South Asia 26. Corruption, Tradition, and Change in Indonesia Part III: Vulnerability to Corruption?Variation Among Systems Corruption in Communist Systems 27. Political Corruption in the U.S.S.R. 28. Soviet Political Culture and Modes of Covert Influence 29. The Politics of Corruption in the People’s Republic of China 30. Socialist Graft: The Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China The United States: How Special A Case? 31. Political Corruption in American History 32. Corruption: The Special Case of the United States 33. A Theory about Corruption 34. Problems of Comparing American Political Corruption Regional and Subnational Systems 35. Corruption: The Shame of the States 36. Spiro Agnew and Maryland Customs 37. Federal Prosecution of Local Corruption 38. Preserving Privilege in Yucatan Business, Governments, and Transnational Corruption 39. Corruption and the Private Sector 40. Transnational Aspects of Political Corruption 41. An American Attempt to Control International Corruption Part IV: Distinctions, Reactions, and Effects Public Conceptions and Corruption Distinctions 42. Gradients of Corruption in Perceptions of American Public Life 43. Right and Wrong in American Politics: Popular Conceptions of Corruption 44. Variations in Attitudes Toward Corruption in Canada 45. On Presidential Graft: The Latin American Evidence Corruption Control Strategies 46. Which Bureaucracies are Less Corruptible? 47. The Logic of Corruption Control 48. Singapore’s Experience in Curbing Corruption 49. Bureaucratic and Political Corruption Controls: Reassessing The German Record Scandals 50. On Political Scandals and Corruption 51. The Mobilization of Scandal 52. Political Scandals and Corruption Issues in West Germany Assessing Effects of Corruption 53. The Effects of Corruption in a Developing Nation 54. Corruption: Its Causes and Effects 55. Corruption and Political Development: A Cost-Benefit Analysis 56. The Political Consequences of Corruption: A Reassessment