Political corruption in a world in transition / edited by Jonathan Mendilow, Éric Phélippeau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendilow, Jonathan.

Contributor:

Mendilow, Jonathan, editor.

Phélippeau, Eric, editor.

Series:

Series in politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages).

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware ; Malaga, Spain : Vernon Press, [2019]

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 take the 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 do 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.

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 resumption of doing no wrong / Maria D. Bermudez

Persuasive corrupters : arguments made to corrupt public officials / Mónica Garcia Quesada, Fernando Jiménez Sánchez

Local corruption in the Czech Republic : does size matter? / Stanislav Balilk

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 politiccal 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 corruption 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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781622737697

1622737695