Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes - Lessons From East Asia

Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes argues that authoritarian anti-corruption reform is more common than widely thought and follows a different playbook than democratic anti-corruption reform. Using case studies from China, South Korea, and Taiwan, Christopher Carothers constructs an original theory of authoritarian corruption control.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theory and Methodology; 3. How the Kuomintang Cleaned House in Taiwan; 4. Corruption Control in Authoritarian South Korea; 5. The Chinese Communist Party's War Against Corruption, 1921-90; 6. Xi Jinping's Campaign and the End of Political Liberalization; 7. Anti-Corruption Efforts Around the Authoritarian World; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Christopher Carothers is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes argues that authoritarian anti-corruption reform is more common than widely thought and follows a different playbook than democratic anti-corruption reform. Using case studies from China, South Korea, and Taiwan, Christopher Carothers constructs an original theory of authoritarian corruption control.

Foreword

Reveals how meaningful corruption control by authoritarian regimes is surprisingly common and follows a different playbook than democratic anti-corruption reform.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Carothers, Christopher (University of Pennsylvania Carothers, Christopher (University of Pennsylvania) Carothers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781009073370
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907337-0
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state