Book Description
This book argues that corruption levels today depend largely upon the level of education in a country over a century ago.
Author : Eric M. Uslaner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,5 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 1108416489
This book argues that corruption levels today depend largely upon the level of education in a country over a century ago.
Author : Helena Stensöta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319709291
The link between gender and corruption has been studied since the late 1990s. Debates have been heated and scholars accused of bringing forward stereotypical beliefs about women as the “fair” sex. Policy proposals for bringing more women to office have been criticized for promoting unrealistic quick-fix solutions to deeply rooted problems. This edited volume advances the knowledge surrounding the link between gender and corruption by including studies where the historical roots of corruption are linked to gender and by contextualizing the exploration of relationships, for example by distinguishing between democracies versus authoritarian states and between the electoral arena versus the administrative branch of government—the bureaucracy. Taken together, the chapters display nuances and fine-grained understandings. The book highlights that gender equality processes, rather than the exclusionary categories of “women” and “men”, should be at the forefront of analysis, and that developments strengthening the position of women vis-à-vis men affect the quality of government.
Author : Eric M. Uslaner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108267386
Why does corruption persist over long periods of time? Why is it so difficult to eliminate? Suggesting that corruption is deeply rooted in the underlying social and historical political structures of a country, Uslaner observes that there is a powerful statistical relationship between levels of mass education in 1870 and corruption levels in 2010 across 78 countries. He argues that an early introduction of universal education is shown to be linked to levels of economic equality and to efforts to increase state capacity. Societies with more equal education gave citizens more opportunities and power for opposing corruption, whilst the need for increased state capacity was a strong motivation for the introduction of universal education in many countries. Evidence for this argument is presented from statistical models, case studies from Northern and Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as a discussions of how some countries escaped the 'trap' of corruption.
Author : Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107105390
Looks at cheating, corruption, and concealment to focus on motivations, justifications, influences, and reductions of dishonesty.
Author : James L. Merriner
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,15 MB
Release : 2004-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809325719
Examines the roles of politicians and reformers in Chicago against a backdrop of social history from 1833-2003.
Author : Yuen Yuen Ang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108802389
Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and capitalism, not only in China but around the world.
Author : Eric M. Uslaner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190274816
This volume explores the foundations of trust, and whether social and political trust have common roots. Contributions by noted scholars examine how we measure trust, the cultural and social psychological roots of trust, the foundations of political trust, and how trust concerns the law, the economy, elections, international relations, corruption, and cooperation, among myriad societal factors. The rich assortment of essays on these themes addresses questions such as: How does national identity shape trust, and how does trust form in developing countries and in new democracies? Are minority groups less trusting than the dominant group in a society? Do immigrants adapt to the trust levels of their host countries? Does group interaction build trust? Does the welfare state promote trust and, in turn, does trust lead to greater well-being and to better health outcomes? The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust considers these and other questions of critical importance for current scholarly investigations of trust.
Author : Thomas J. Gradel
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0252097033
Public funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors. Illinois' culture of "Where's mine?" and the public apathy it engenders has made our state and local politics a disgrace. In Corrupt Illinois, veteran political observers Thomas J. Gradel and Dick Simpson take aim at business-as-usual. Naming names, the authors lead readers through a gallery of rogues and rotten apples to illustrate how generations of chicanery have undermined faith in, and hope for, honest government. From there, they lay out how to implement institutional reforms that provide accountability and eradicate the favoritism, sweetheart deals, and conflicts of interest corroding our civic life. Corrupt Illinois lays out a blueprint to transform our politics from a pay-to-play–driven marketplace into what it should be: an instrument of public good.
Author : Camila Vergara
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691211566
A bold new approach to combatting the inherent corruption of representative democracy This provocative book reveals how the majority of modern liberal democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient philosophers. Systemic Corruption argues that the problem cannot be blamed on the actions of corrupt politicians but is built into the very fabric of our representative systems. Camila Vergara provides a compelling and original genealogy of political corruption from ancient to modern thought, and shows how representative democracy was designed to protect the interests of the already rich and powerful to the detriment of the majority. Unable to contain the unrelenting force of oligarchy, especially after experimenting with neoliberal policies, most democracies have been corrupted into oligarchic democracies. Vergara explains how to reverse this corrupting trajectory by establishing a new counterpower strong enough to control the ruling elites. Building on the anti-oligarchic institutional innovations proposed by plebeian philosophers, she rethinks the republic as a mixed order in which popular power is institutionalized to check the power of oligarchy. Vergara demonstrates how a plebeian republic would establish a network of local assemblies with the power to push for reform from the grassroots, independent of political parties and representative government. Drawing on neglected insights from Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolas de Condorcet, Rosa Luxemburg, and Hannah Arendt, Systemic Corruption proposes to reverse the decay of democracy with the establishment of anti-oligarchic institutions through which common people can collectively resist the domination of the few.
Author : Bo Rothstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 16,41 MB
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107163706
This book provides a systematic analysis of how the understanding of corruption has evolved and pinpoints what constitutes corruption.