Rotten States? - Corruption, Post-Communism, and Neoliberalism

Informationen zum Autor Leslie Holmes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne. His books include Post-Communism: An Introduction, also published by Duke University Press; The End of Communist Power: Anti-Corruption Campaigns and Legitimation Crisis; and (with John S. Dryzek) Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries. Klappentext Analyzes the scale, location, makeup, causes, and consequences of corruption in the post-communist world. Zusammenfassung Analyzes corruption in post-communist countries! paying particular attention to Bulgaria! Hungary! Poland! Russia! and China. Drawing on data including surveys commissioned especially for this study! the author examines the causes and consequences of official corruption as well as ways of combating it. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables ix List of Abbreviations xi Preface xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Definitional and Taxonomical Aspects of Corruption 17 3. Actual, Alleged, and Arguable Corruption 44 4. On the Scale and Main Areas of Corruption 90 5. The Impact of Corruption 146 6. Causes of Corruption 176 7. Measures Against Corruption 211 8. Conclusions 270 Notes 297 Bibliography263 363 Index 397

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Holmes, Leslie Holmes, Leslie Holmes
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.06.2006
• EAN: 9780822337799
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3779-9
• Pagine: 440
• Dimensioni: 171 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Politikwissenschaft, Osteuropa, China