Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

This book addresses the theories, issues, and trends in corruption and anticorruption reform that have emerged from the diverse experience of Asia. The book is divided into four major parts: corruption and the state; corruption and economic development; corruption and society; and controlling corruption: strategies, successes and failures. Chapt

List of contents

1. Introduction

Part I: Corruption and the State

2. Institutional corruption and the state in Asia

3. Corruption networks in China: an institutional analysis

4. Two steps forward, one step backwards: Indonesia's winding (anti-) corruption journey

5. "Normal" corruption in Japan

6. Rule making and rule breaking: electoral corruption in East Asia

Part II: Corruption and Economic Development

7. Corruption in Asia: trust and economic development

8. Corruption and inequality in Asiau

9. Corruption and procurement in Asian states

10. Bribes and taxes: spatially concentrated or randomly distributed? Evidence from three sources of firm level data in Vietnam

11. Regulatory capture as a two-way street: Hong Kong small and medium enterprises in the Pearl River Delta

Part III: Corruption and Society

12. Thinking about corruption as though people mattered

13. Corruption and collective protest in China

14. Civil society and anti-corruption initiatives in India: towards a citizen's perspective

15. Women and corruption: when being the fairer sex becomes a myth

16. Measuring public perceptions of corruption in Asia

Part IV: Controlling Corruption: Strategies, Successes and Failures

17. Controlling corruption in Asian countries: the elusive search for success

18. Corruption prevention: successful cases

19. Rule-based and integrity-based anti-corruption approaches in Asia

20. Regional anti-corruption initiatives in Asia

About the author

Ting Gong is Professor in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong.

Ian Scott is Visiting Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the City University of Hong Kong and Emeritus Professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.

Summary

This book addresses the theories, issues, and trends in corruption and anticorruption reform that have emerged from the diverse experience of Asia. The book is divided into four major parts: corruption and the state; corruption and economic development; corruption and society; and controlling corruption: strategies, successes and failures. Chapt

Product details

• Authors: Ting (City University of Hong Kong) Scott Gong, Ting Scott Gong
• Assisted by: Ting Gong (Editor), Gong Ting (Editor), Ian Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367660079
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66007-9
• No. of pages: 346
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political corruption, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Corruption in politics, government and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General